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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	Trinidad & Tobago	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,301	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,303	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,308	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,314	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,320	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,326	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,332	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,338	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,344	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,352	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,359	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,365	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,372	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,379	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,386	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,392	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,399	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,405	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,411	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,436	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,452	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,448	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,450	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,456	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 Trinidad & Tobago, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.