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