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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	132,907	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	135,207	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	137,420	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	139,573	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	141,650	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	143,644	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	145,546	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	147,376	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	149,047	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	150,562	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	152,189	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	153,927	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	155,634	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	157,326	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	158,999	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	160,650	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	162,273	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	163,938	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	165,655	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	167,358	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	169,045	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	170,709	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	172,354	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	174,217	31,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.