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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	Iceland	Albania	Sudan	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,085	26,168	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,065	26,771	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,047	27,387	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,038	28,017	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,026	28,662	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,014	29,321	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,998	29,996	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,979	30,686	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,957	31,393	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,934	32,137	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,915	33,078	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,900	33,891	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,892	34,568	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,888	35,293	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,882	36,093	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,876	37,058	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,868	38,165	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,863	39,294	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,861	40,512	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,854	41,764	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,842	42,952	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,825	44,121	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,799	45,290	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,787	46,498	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 Albania, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.