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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	Bolivia	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	8,007	277
Dec 31, 2000	8,177	281
Dec 31, 2001	8,351	285
Dec 31, 2002	8,529	288
Dec 31, 2003	8,711	289
Dec 31, 2004	8,895	293
Dec 31, 2005	9,081	296
Dec 31, 2006	9,268	304
Dec 31, 2007	9,457	311
Dec 31, 2008	9,647	319
Dec 31, 2009	9,836	319
Dec 31, 2010	10,024	318
Dec 31, 2011	10,211	319
Dec 31, 2012	10,397	321
Dec 31, 2013	10,581	324
Dec 31, 2014	10,763	327
Dec 31, 2015	10,942	331
Dec 31, 2016	11,118	335
Dec 31, 2017	11,289	343
Dec 31, 2018	11,456	353
Dec 31, 2019	11,621	361
Dec 31, 2020	11,775	366
Dec 31, 2021	11,917	372
Dec 31, 2022	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.