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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	Puerto Rico	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,800	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,811	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,819	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,824	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,826	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,827	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,822	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,805	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,783	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,761	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,741	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,722	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,679	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,636	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,589	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,534	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,473	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,411	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,352	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,295	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,268	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,247	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,232	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,228	12,060

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 Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.