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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	Cyprus	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	818	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	826	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	835	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	845	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	855	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	867	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	879	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	894	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	913	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	937	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	962	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	988	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	1,013	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	1,029	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	1,026	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	1,015	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	1,009	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	1,014	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	1,023	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	1,036	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	1,050	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	1,062	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	1,072	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	1,087	174,217

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