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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	Ecuador	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	12,268	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	12,446	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	12,629	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	12,827	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	13,074	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	13,368	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	13,661	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	13,915	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	14,133	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	14,352	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	14,569	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	14,786	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	15,002	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	15,218	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	15,433	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	15,647	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	15,860	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	16,072	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	16,282	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	16,489	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	16,693	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	16,894	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	17,093	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	17,288	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.

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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