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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	New Zealand
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	11,075	3,890
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	11,405	3,912
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	11,828	3,947
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	12,380	4,018
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	12,829	4,094
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	13,178	4,151
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	13,540	4,198
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	13,917	4,248
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	14,309	4,287
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	14,722	4,323
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	15,152	4,370
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	15,600	4,416
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	16,064	4,446
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	16,563	4,471
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	17,072	4,516
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	17,575	4,597
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	18,094	4,695
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	18,621	4,800
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	19,157	4,897
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	19,698	4,982
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	20,242	5,074
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	20,788	5,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	21,336	5,188
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	21,889	5,245

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.

New Zealand

1870-1939: K. Rankin, "New Zealand's Gross National Product: 1859-1939, Review of Income and Wealth, March 1992, pp. 60-1., 1870 amended to include indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita)
1939-50: C. Clark, The Conditions of Economic Progress, third edition, Macmillan, London, 1957, pp. 171-2

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