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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	Spain	Burkina Faso	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	11,075	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	11,405	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	11,828	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	12,380	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	12,829	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	13,178	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	13,540	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	13,917	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	14,309	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	14,722	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	15,152	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	15,600	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	16,064	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	16,563	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	17,072	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	17,575	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	18,094	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	18,621	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	19,157	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	19,698	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	20,242	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	20,788	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	21,336	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	21,889	3,876

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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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