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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	11,075	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	11,405	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	11,828	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	12,380	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	12,829	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	13,178	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	13,540	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	13,917	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	14,309	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	14,722	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	15,152	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	15,600	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	16,064	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	16,563	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	17,072	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	17,575	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	18,094	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	18,621	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	19,157	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	19,698	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	20,242	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	20,788	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	21,336	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	21,889	31,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.