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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	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,811	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,901	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,919	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,923	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,940	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,975	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,991	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,993	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,990	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,987	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,985	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,983	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,980	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,977	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,973	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,968	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,963	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,957	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,951	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,944	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,937	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,929	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,921	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,876	295

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; the database as a whole is cited above.