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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	Uruguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	11,075	3,234
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	11,405	3,246
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	11,828	3,257
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	12,380	3,268
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	12,829	3,277
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	13,178	3,285
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	13,540	3,291
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	13,917	3,298
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	14,309	3,305
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	14,722	3,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	15,152	3,321
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	15,600	3,329
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	16,064	3,337
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	16,563	3,345
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	17,072	3,353
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	17,575	3,362
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	18,094	3,371
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	18,621	3,380
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	19,157	3,390
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	19,698	3,399
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	20,242	3,408
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	20,788	3,417
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	21,336	3,426
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	21,889	3,422

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.

Uruguay

1800-1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1870–2014: Bèrtola, L. (2016). El PIB per Capita de Uruguay 1870 - 2016: una reconstruccion. PHES working paper No 48

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