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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	Bangladesh	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	295	530

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