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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Bangladesh	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	1,883

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 Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.