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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Tanzania	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	277	32,912	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	281	33,953	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	285	34,974	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	288	36,021	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	289	37,100	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	293	38,167	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	296	39,262	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	304	40,387	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	311	41,557	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	319	42,741	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	319	43,889	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	318	45,132	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,531	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	321	47,965	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	324	49,437	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	327	50,965	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	331	52,604	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	335	54,336	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	343	56,062	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	353	57,765	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	361	59,465	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	366	61,191	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	372	62,944	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	380	64,835	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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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