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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	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,811	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,901	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,919	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,923	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,940	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,975	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,991	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,993	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,990	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,987	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,985	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,983	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,980	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,977	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,973	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,968	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,963	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,957	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,951	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,944	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,937	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,929	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,921	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,876	2,787

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

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.