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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	Bolivia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,007	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,177	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,351	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,529	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,711	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,895	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,081	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,268	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	9,457	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	9,647	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	9,836	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,024	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	10,211	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	10,397	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,581	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,763	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,942	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,118	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,289	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	11,456	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	11,621	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,775	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	11,917	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	12,060	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.

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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.

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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