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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	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	5,185

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 Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.