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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	3,228

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

No separate list is published for Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.