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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	Belarus	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	10,064	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	10,034	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	10,000	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	9,955	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	9,905	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	9,856	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	9,807	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	9,764	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	9,734	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	9,713	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	9,697	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	9,681	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	9,662	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	9,643	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	9,624	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	9,605	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	9,585	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	9,564	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	9,542	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	9,519	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	9,495	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	9,469	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	9,442	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	9,400	21,889

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.

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