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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	Latvia	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,386	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,363	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,333	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,306	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,284	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,259	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,235	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,215	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,197	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,174	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,138	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,093	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,055	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,030	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,009	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,991	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,974	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,956	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,938	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,923	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,910	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,897	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,880	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,883	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 Latvia, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.