Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Cuba	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	11,108	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	11,147	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	11,179	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	11,210	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	11,241	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	11,260	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	11,268	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	11,266	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	11,261	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	11,258	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	11,260	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	11,262	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	11,264	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	11,262	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	11,250	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	11,238	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	11,214	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	11,180	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	11,147	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	11,116	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	11,105	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	11,089	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	11,046	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	11,003	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.

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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