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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	Burkina Faso	Iceland	Philippines	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	277	79,346	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	281	81,131	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	285	83,023	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	288	84,876	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	289	86,697	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	293	88,568	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	296	90,418	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	304	92,253	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	311	94,098	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	319	95,923	283
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	319	97,627	285
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	318	99,317	286
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	319	100,999	287
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	321	102,618	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	324	104,299	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	327	106,076	290
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	331	107,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	335	109,493	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	343	111,094	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	353	112,843	293
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	361	114,636	294
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	366	117,026	294
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	372	119,473	295
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	380	121,234	295

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.

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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