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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	Switzerland	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	7,258	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	7,296	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	7,332	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	7,384	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	7,438	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	7,488	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	7,532	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	7,579	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	7,647	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	7,738	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	7,825	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	7,884	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	7,959	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	8,044	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	8,137	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	8,237	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	8,332	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	8,423	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	8,502	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	8,565	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	8,626	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	8,689	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	8,756	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	8,834	21,889

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.

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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