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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Bangladesh	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	3,333

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 Mongolia; the database as a whole is cited above.