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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	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,811	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,901	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,919	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,923	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,940	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,975	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,991	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,993	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,990	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,987	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,985	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,983	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,980	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,977	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,973	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,968	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,963	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,957	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,951	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,944	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,937	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,929	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,921	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,876	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.

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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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Bangladesh

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