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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	Barbados	Albania	Bangladesh	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	132,907	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	135,207	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	137,420	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	139,573	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	141,650	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	143,644	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	145,546	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	147,376	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	149,047	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	150,562	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	152,189	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	153,927	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	155,634	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	157,326	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	158,999	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	160,650	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	162,273	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	163,938	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	165,655	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	167,358	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	169,045	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	170,709	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	172,354	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	174,217	380

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.

All data sources

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.