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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	South Korea	Burkina Faso	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	11,075	277
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	11,405	281
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	11,828	285
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	12,380	288
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	12,829	289
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	13,178	293
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	13,540	296
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	13,917	304
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	14,309	311
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	14,722	319
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	15,152	319
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	15,600	318
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	16,064	319
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	16,563	321
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	17,072	324
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	17,575	327
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	18,094	331
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	18,621	335
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	19,157	343
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	19,698	353
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	20,242	361
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	20,788	366
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	21,336	372
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	21,889	380

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

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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.

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