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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	Netherlands	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	15,817	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	15,932	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	16,052	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	16,155	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	16,231	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	16,288	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	16,326	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	16,352	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	16,388	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	16,452	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	16,536	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	16,621	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	16,699	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	16,761	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	16,810	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	16,871	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	16,946	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	17,036	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	17,137	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	17,238	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	17,351	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	17,448	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	17,539	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	17,709	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.

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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