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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	New Zealand
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	277	3,890
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	281	3,912
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	285	3,947
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	288	4,018
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	289	4,094
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	293	4,151
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	296	4,198
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	304	4,248
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	311	4,287
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	319	4,323
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	319	4,370
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	318	4,416
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	319	4,446
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	321	4,471
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	324	4,516
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	327	4,597
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	331	4,695
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	335	4,800
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	343	4,897
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	353	4,982
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	361	5,074
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	366	5,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	372	5,188
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	380	5,245

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.

New Zealand

1870-1939: K. Rankin, "New Zealand's Gross National Product: 1859-1939, Review of Income and Wealth, March 1992, pp. 60-1., 1870 amended to include indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita)
1939-50: C. Clark, The Conditions of Economic Progress, third edition, Macmillan, London, 1957, pp. 171-2

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