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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	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	34,280

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.

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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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.