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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	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	380	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.

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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

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