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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	Dominican Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	8,175
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	8,301
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	8,427
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	8,553
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	8,678
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	8,801
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	8,924
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	9,044
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	9,164
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	9,281
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	9,398
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	9,512
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	9,627
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	9,742
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	9,855
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	9,965
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	10,072
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	10,177
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	10,281
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	10,385
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	10,487
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	10,587
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	10,686
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	10,793

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 Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.