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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	Morocco	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	28,400	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	28,744	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	29,094	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	29,447	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	29,806	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	30,169	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	30,552	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	30,953	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	31,354	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	31,754	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	32,154	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	32,553	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	32,951	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	33,346	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	33,737	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	34,124	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	34,511	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	34,898	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	35,279	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	35,653	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	36,018	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	36,375	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	36,723	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	37,101	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, Morocco, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.