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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	Dominica	Iceland	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	277	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	281	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	285	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	288	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	289	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	293	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	296	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	304	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	311	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	319	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	319	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	318	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	319	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	321	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	324	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	327	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	331	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	335	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	343	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	353	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	361	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	366	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	372	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	380	21,889

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, Dominica, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.