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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	Liberia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	2,741	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	2,847	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	2,917	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	2,978	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	2,983	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	3,005	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	3,138	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	3,311	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	3,469	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	3,603	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	3,708	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	3,817	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	3,984	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	4,141	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	4,244	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	4,348	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	4,460	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	4,576	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	4,689	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	4,810	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	4,904	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	5,005	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	5,109	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	5,216	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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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