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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	Palestinian Territories	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	2,996	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	3,075	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	3,155	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	3,235	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	3,315	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	3,396	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	3,478	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	3,559	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	3,642	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	3,727	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	3,817	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	3,907	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	3,997	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	4,088	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	4,178	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	4,269	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	4,359	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	4,451	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	4,533	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	4,615	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	4,715	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	4,820	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	4,930	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	5,042	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

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.