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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	Malta	Burkina Faso	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	277
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	281
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	285
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	288
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	289
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	293
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	296
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	304
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	311
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	319
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	319
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	318
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	319
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	321
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	324
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	327
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	331
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	335
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	343
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	353
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	361
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	366
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	372
Dec 31, 2022	530	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.

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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.

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