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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	Panama
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	11,075	2,848
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	11,405	2,900
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	11,828	2,952
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	12,380	3,003
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	12,829	3,054
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	13,178	3,104
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	13,540	3,155
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	13,917	3,206
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	14,309	3,258
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	14,722	3,310
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	15,152	3,360
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	15,600	3,411
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	16,064	3,460
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	16,563	3,510
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	17,072	3,559
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	17,575	3,608
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	18,094	3,657
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	18,621	3,705
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	19,157	3,753
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	19,698	3,801
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	20,242	3,862
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	20,788	3,918
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	21,336	3,970
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	21,889	4,023

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.

Panama

1906–1945: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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