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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	Iceland	Afghanistan	Oman	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	2,348	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	2,403	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	2,457	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	2,510	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	2,562	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	2,613	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	2,663	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	2,713	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	2,764	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	2,816	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	2,871	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	2,928	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	2,986	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	3,047	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	3,110	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	3,174	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	3,240	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	3,307	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	3,375	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	3,444	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	3,512	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	3,582	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	3,651	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	3,696	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 Afghanistan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.