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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	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	3,811	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	3,901	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	3,919	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	3,923	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	3,940	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	3,975	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	3,991	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	3,993	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	3,990	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	3,987	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	3,985	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	3,983	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	3,980	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	3,977	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	3,973	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	3,968	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	3,963	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	3,957	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	3,951	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	3,944	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	3,937	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	3,929	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	3,921	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	3,876	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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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 Barbados, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.