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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	Ghana	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	19,327	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	19,792	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	20,280	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	20,806	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	21,350	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	21,900	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	22,469	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	23,058	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	23,661	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	24,270	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	24,899	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	25,559	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	26,244	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	26,945	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	27,664	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	28,405	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	29,146	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	29,879	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	30,617	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	31,362	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	32,111	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	32,864	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	33,622	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	34,280	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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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