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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	Burkina Faso	Afghanistan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	22,206	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	22,461	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	22,507	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	23,600	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	25,005	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	25,698	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	26,335	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	27,154	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	27,387	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	27,706	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	28,484	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	29,121	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	29,758	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	30,420	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	31,108	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	31,823	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	32,564	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	33,332	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	34,125	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	34,941	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	35,972	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	37,034	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	38,127	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	39,252	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, Afghanistan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.