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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	Bangladesh	Laos	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	5,286	277
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	5,397	281
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	5,499	285
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	5,578	288
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	5,654	289
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	5,746	293
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	5,836	296
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	5,931	304
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	6,035	311
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	6,145	319
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	6,257	319
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	6,368	318
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	6,477	319
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	6,586	321
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	6,695	324
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	6,804	327
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	6,912	331
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	7,019	335
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	7,127	343
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	7,234	353
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	7,343	361
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	7,452	366
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	7,560	372
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	7,666	380

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

Bangladesh

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

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.

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