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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandBangladeshOmanLithuania
277132,9072,3483,419
281135,2072,4033,395
285137,4202,4573,367
288139,5732,5103,340
289141,6502,5623,313
293143,6442,6133,276
296145,5462,6633,223
304147,3762,7133,172
311149,0472,7643,134
319150,5622,8163,102
319152,1892,8713,068
318153,9272,9283,004
319155,6342,9862,937
321157,3263,0472,898
324158,9993,1102,869
327160,6503,1742,844
331162,2733,2402,818
335163,9383,3072,782
343165,6553,3752,744
353167,3583,4442,718
361169,0453,5122,710
366170,7093,5822,711
372172,3543,6512,724
380174,2173,6962,748

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, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.