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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	South Africa	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,257	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	281	46,958	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,820	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	288	48,480	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	289	48,951	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	293	49,478	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	296	50,054	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	304	50,667	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	311	51,339	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	319	52,077	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	319	52,862	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	318	53,682	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	319	54,518	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	321	55,356	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	324	56,215	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	327	57,075	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	331	57,947	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	335	58,830	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	343	59,715	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	353	60,595	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	361	61,469	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	366	62,355	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	372	62,900	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	380	63,382	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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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