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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	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	56,210

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

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,