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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	United States	Iceland	Burkina Faso	Croatia
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	277	11,075	4,377
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	281	11,405	4,334
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	285	11,828	4,171
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	288	12,380	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	289	12,829	4,176
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	293	13,178	4,179
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	296	13,540	4,182
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	304	13,917	4,183
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	311	14,309	4,183
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	319	14,722	4,181
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	319	15,152	4,177
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	318	15,600	4,167
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	319	16,064	4,154
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	321	16,563	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	324	17,072	4,126
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	327	17,575	4,109
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	331	18,094	4,081
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	335	18,621	4,047
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	343	19,157	4,006
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	353	19,698	3,968
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	361	20,242	3,945
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	366	20,788	3,925
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	372	21,336	3,839
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	380	21,889	3,790

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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.

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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