Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Panama
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	277	2,848
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	281	2,900
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	285	2,952
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	288	3,003
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	289	3,054
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	293	3,104
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	296	3,155
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	304	3,206
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	311	3,258
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	319	3,310
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	319	3,360
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	318	3,411
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	319	3,460
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	321	3,510
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	324	3,559
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	327	3,608
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	331	3,657
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	335	3,705
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	343	3,753
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	353	3,801
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	361	3,862
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	366	3,918
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	372	3,970
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	380	4,023

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.

Panama

1906–1945: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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