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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Bangladesh	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	9,107

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.

Bangladesh

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

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;