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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	Barbados	Bolivia	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,007	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,177	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,351	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,529	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,711	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,895	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,081	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,268	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,457	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,647	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,836	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,024	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,211	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,397	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,581	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,763	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,942	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,118	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,289	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,456	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,621	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,775	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,917	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,060	380

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.

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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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.