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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	Iceland	Bangladesh	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	132,907	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	135,207	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	137,420	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	139,573	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	141,650	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	143,644	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	145,546	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	147,376	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	149,047	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	150,562	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	152,189	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	153,927	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	155,634	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	157,326	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	158,999	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	160,650	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	162,273	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	163,938	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	165,655	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	167,358	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	169,045	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	170,709	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	172,354	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	174,217	10,099

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

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.

Bangladesh

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

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