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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	Haiti	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	8,121	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	8,279	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	8,430	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	8,580	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	8,739	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	8,900	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	9,061	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	9,216	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	9,364	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	9,508	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	9,652	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	9,553	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	9,670	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	9,793	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	9,922	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	10,047	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	10,254	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	10,486	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	10,647	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	10,788	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	10,933	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	11,077	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	11,215	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	11,349	3,876

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, Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.