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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Bangladesh	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	124,762

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

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.