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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	Iceland	Burkina Faso	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	11,075	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	11,405	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	11,828	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	12,380	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	12,829	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	13,178	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	13,540	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	13,917	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	14,309	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	14,722	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	15,152	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	15,600	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	16,064	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	16,563	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	17,072	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	17,575	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	18,094	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	18,621	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	19,157	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	19,698	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	20,242	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	20,788	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	21,336	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	21,889	12,060

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.

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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