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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandBangladeshAlbaniaLuxembourg
277132,9073,085433
281135,2073,065438
285137,4203,047443
288139,5733,038448
289141,6503,026454
293143,6443,014460
296145,5462,998467
304147,3762,979474
311149,0472,957482
319150,5622,934491
319152,1892,915500
318153,9272,900509
319155,6342,892521
321157,3262,888533
324158,9992,882547
327160,6502,876560
331162,2732,868571
335163,9382,863586
343165,6552,861599
353167,3582,854610
361169,0452,842623
366170,7092,825633
372172,3542,799643
380174,2172,787651

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 Albania, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.