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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	Dominica	Iceland	Laos	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	70	277	5,286	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	71	281	5,397	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	71	285	5,499	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	72	288	5,578	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	72	289	5,654	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	72	293	5,746	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	72	296	5,836	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	72	304	5,931	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	72	311	6,035	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	73	319	6,145	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	73	319	6,257	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	73	318	6,368	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	73	319	6,477	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	73	321	6,586	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	73	324	6,695	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	73	327	6,804	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	74	331	6,912	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	74	335	7,019	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	74	343	7,127	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	74	353	7,234	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	75	361	7,343	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	75	366	7,452	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	76	372	7,560	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	76	380	7,666	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 Dominica, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.