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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	Indonesia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	208,105	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	211,408	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	214,475	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	217,516	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	220,549	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	224,473	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	227,534	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	230,739	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	233,918	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	237,056	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	240,140	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	243,171	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	246,150	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	249,086	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	251,947	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	254,702	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	257,351	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	259,906	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	262,379	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	264,789	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	267,142	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	269,437	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	271,674	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	273,409	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.

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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