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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	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	2,348	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	2,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	2,457	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	2,510	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	2,562	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	2,613	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	2,663	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	2,713	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	2,764	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	2,816	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	2,871	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	2,928	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	2,986	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	3,047	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	3,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	3,174	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	3,240	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	3,307	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	3,375	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	3,444	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	3,512	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	3,582	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	3,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	3,696	108,171

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 Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.