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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	Sri Lanka	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,354	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,610	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	19,838	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,060	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	20,297	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	20,529	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,703	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,917	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,120	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,315	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	21,503	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	21,713	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	21,918	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,120	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,320	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	22,517	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	22,711	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	22,899	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	23,080	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	23,254	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	23,420	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	23,579	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	23,732	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	23,796	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.

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