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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	Yemen	Burkina Faso	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	11,075	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	11,405	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	11,828	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	12,380	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	12,829	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	13,178	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	13,540	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	13,917	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	14,309	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	14,722	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	15,152	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	15,600	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	16,064	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	16,563	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	17,072	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	17,575	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	18,094	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	18,621	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	19,157	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	19,698	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	20,242	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	20,788	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	21,336	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	21,889	5,458

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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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