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

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.