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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	South Africa	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	46,257	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	46,958	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	47,820	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	48,480	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	48,951	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	49,478	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	50,054	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	50,667	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	51,339	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	52,077	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	52,862	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	53,682	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	54,518	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	55,356	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	56,215	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	57,075	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	57,947	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	58,830	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	59,715	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	60,595	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	61,469	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	62,355	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	62,900	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	63,382	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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

Bangladesh

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

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