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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	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	132,907	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	135,207	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	137,420	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	139,573	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	141,650	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	143,644	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	145,546	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	147,376	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	149,047	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	150,562	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	152,189	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	153,927	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	155,634	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	157,326	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	158,999	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	160,650	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	162,273	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	163,938	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	165,655	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	167,358	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	169,045	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	170,709	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	172,354	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	174,217	2,403

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, Botswana; the database as a whole is cited above.