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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	Iceland	Malaysia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	277	22,132
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	281	22,695
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	285	23,291
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	288	23,874
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	289	24,437
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	293	24,993
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	296	25,543
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	304	26,086
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	311	26,620
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	319	27,161
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	319	27,715
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	318	28,268
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	319	28,750
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	321	29,163
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	324	29,568
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	327	29,977
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	331	30,387
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	335	30,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	343	31,164
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	353	31,539
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	361	31,903
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	366	32,257
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	372	32,603
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	380	32,956

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.

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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