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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	Ecuador	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	12,268	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	12,446	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	12,629	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	12,827	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	13,074	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	13,368	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	13,661	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	13,915	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	14,133	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	14,352	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	14,569	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	14,786	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	15,002	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	15,218	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	15,433	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	15,647	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	15,860	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	16,072	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	16,282	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	16,489	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	16,693	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	16,894	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	17,093	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	17,288	167

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 Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.