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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	Sudan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	277	26,168	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	281	26,771	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	285	27,387	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	288	28,017	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	289	28,662	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	293	29,321	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	296	29,996	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	304	30,686	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	311	31,393	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	319	32,137	283
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	319	33,078	285
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	318	33,891	286
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	319	34,568	287
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	321	35,293	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	324	36,093	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	327	37,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	331	38,165	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	335	39,294	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	343	40,512	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	353	41,764	293
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	361	42,952	294
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	366	44,121	294
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	372	45,290	295
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	380	46,498	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.

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