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	Saudi Arabia	Burkina Faso	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	11,075	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	11,405	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	11,828	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	12,380	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	12,829	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	13,178	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	13,540	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	13,917	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	14,309	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	14,722	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	15,152	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	15,600	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	16,064	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	16,563	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	17,072	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	17,575	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	18,094	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	18,621	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	19,157	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	19,698	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	20,242	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	20,788	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	21,336	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	21,889	380

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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.