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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	Sudan	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	26,168	277
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	26,771	281
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	27,387	285
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	28,017	288
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	28,662	289
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	29,321	293
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	29,996	296
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	30,686	304
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	31,393	311
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	32,137	319
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	33,078	319
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	33,891	318
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	34,568	319
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	35,293	321
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	36,093	324
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	37,058	327
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	38,165	331
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	39,294	335
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	40,512	343
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	41,764	353
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	42,952	361
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	44,121	366
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	45,290	372
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	46,498	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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.