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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	Ghana	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,327	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,792	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,280	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,806	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,350	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,900	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	22,469	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	23,058	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	23,661	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	24,270	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	24,899	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	25,559	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	26,244	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	26,945	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	27,664	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	28,405	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	29,146	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,879	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	30,617	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	31,362	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	32,111	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	32,864	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,622	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,280	21,889	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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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