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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	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	7,666	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, Laos, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.