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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	Bangladesh	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	51,181	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	52,782	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	54,453	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	56,170	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	57,860	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	59,599	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	61,474	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	63,479	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	65,590	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	67,800	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	70,114	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	72,550	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	75,138	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	77,792	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	80,534	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	83,368	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	86,229	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	89,193	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	92,209	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	95,232	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	98,320	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	101,499	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	104,767	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	108,171	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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.