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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	Zambia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	277	10,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	281	10,649
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	285	10,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	288	11,290
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	289	11,593
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	293	11,907
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	296	12,243
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	304	12,612
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	311	13,005
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	319	13,412
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	319	13,822
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	318	14,255
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	319	14,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	321	15,165
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	324	15,631
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	327	16,121
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	331	16,624
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	335	17,140
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	343	17,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	353	18,222
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	361	18,780
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	366	19,349
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	372	19,928
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	380	20,485

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.

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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