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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	Iceland	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Honduras
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	11,075	6,198
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	11,405	6,367
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	11,828	6,535
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	12,380	6,698
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	12,829	6,863
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	13,178	7,028
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	13,540	7,194
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	13,917	7,359
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	14,309	7,522
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	14,722	7,682
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	15,152	7,839
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	15,600	7,991
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	16,064	8,141
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	16,563	8,288
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	17,072	8,429
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	17,575	8,546
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	18,094	8,661
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	18,621	8,770
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	19,157	8,878
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	19,698	9,002
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	20,242	9,154
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	20,788	9,304
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	21,336	9,448
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	21,889	9,590

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