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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Yemen	Burkina Faso	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	277	16,728	11,075	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	281	17,236	11,405	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	285	17,762	11,828	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	288	18,310	12,380	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	289	18,855	12,829	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	293	19,410	13,178	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,000	13,540	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,611	13,917	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,236	14,309	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,878	14,722	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	319	22,533	15,152	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	318	23,195	15,600	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	319	23,880	16,064	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	321	24,594	16,563	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	324	25,311	17,072	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	327	26,020	17,575	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	331	26,698	18,094	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	335	27,347	18,621	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	27,985	19,157	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	353	28,608	19,698	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	361	29,216	20,242	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	366	29,811	20,788	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	372	30,399	21,336	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,058	21,889	8,834

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

No separate list is published for Yemen, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.