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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	Zambia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	11,075	10,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	11,405	10,649
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	11,828	10,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	12,380	11,290
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	12,829	11,593
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	13,178	11,907
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	13,540	12,243
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	13,917	12,612
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	14,309	13,005
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	14,722	13,412
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	15,152	13,822
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	15,600	14,255
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	16,064	14,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	16,563	15,165
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	17,072	15,631
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	17,575	16,121
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	18,094	16,624
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	18,621	17,140
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	19,157	17,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	19,698	18,222
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	20,242	18,780
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	20,788	19,349
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	21,336	19,928
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	21,889	20,485

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.

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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