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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,007	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,177	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,351	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,529	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,711	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,895	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,081	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,268	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	9,457	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	9,647	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	9,836	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,024	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	10,211	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	10,397	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,581	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,763	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,942	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,118	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,289	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	11,456	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	11,621	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,775	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	11,917	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	12,060	651

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 Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.