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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	Denmark	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,322	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,339	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,358	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,377	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,391	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,404	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,420	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,438	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	5,461	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	5,494	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	5,524	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	5,548	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	5,571	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	5,592	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	5,614	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	5,644	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	5,683	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	5,730	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	5,766	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	5,795	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	5,818	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	5,831	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	5,855	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	5,907	12,060

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.

Bolivia

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

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