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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	Estonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	1,378	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	1,400	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	1,391	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	1,382	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	1,374	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	1,365	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	1,357	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	1,349	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	1,341	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	1,337	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	1,334	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	1,332	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	1,328	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	1,324	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	1,319	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	1,314	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	1,312	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	1,314	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	1,314	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	1,318	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	1,323	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	1,327	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	1,329	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	1,330	295

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 Estonia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.