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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	Colombia
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	38,365
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	38,911
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	39,411
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	39,918
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	40,416
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	40,899
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	41,374
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	41,862
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	42,324
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	42,781
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	43,264
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	43,771
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	44,225
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	44,660
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	45,081
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	45,846
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	46,290
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	46,796
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	47,385
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	48,222
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	49,326
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	50,283
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	50,978
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	51,332

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

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978