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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	Iran	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	277	64,704	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	281	65,411	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	285	66,167	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	288	66,689	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	289	67,807	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	293	68,480	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	296	69,325	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	304	70,158	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	311	71,040	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	319	71,942	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	319	72,888	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	318	73,826	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	319	74,625	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	321	75,446	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	324	76,418	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	327	77,521	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	331	78,652	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	335	79,700	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	343	80,725	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	353	81,721	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	361	82,685	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,614	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	372	84,505	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	380	85,108	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.

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project