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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	Barbados	Bangladesh	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	132,907	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	135,207	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	137,420	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	139,573	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	141,650	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	143,644	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	145,546	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	147,376	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	149,047	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	150,562	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	152,189	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	153,927	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	155,634	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	157,326	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	158,999	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	160,650	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	162,273	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	163,938	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	165,655	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	167,358	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	169,045	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	170,709	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	172,354	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	174,217	6,291

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 Barbados, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.