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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	Uzbekistan	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	24,701	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	25,042	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	25,372	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	25,696	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	25,992	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	26,268	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	26,540	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	26,812	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	27,081	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	27,347	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	27,609	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	27,869	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	28,132	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	28,398	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	28,666	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	28,934	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	29,205	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	29,480	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	29,756	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	30,031	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	30,305	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	30,576	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	30,843	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	31,337	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, Uzbekistan; the database as a whole is cited above.