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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	Iceland	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	3,811	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,901	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	3,919	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	3,923	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	3,940	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,975	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	3,991	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	3,993	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	3,990	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	3,987	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	3,985	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	3,983	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	3,980	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	3,977	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	3,973	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	3,968	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	3,963	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	3,957	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	3,951	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	3,944	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	3,937	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	3,929	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	3,921	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	3,876	31,845

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.