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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandBangladeshSudan
277132,90726,168
281135,20726,771
285137,42027,387
288139,57328,017
289141,65028,662
293143,64429,321
296145,54629,996
304147,37630,686
311149,04731,393
319150,56232,137
319152,18933,078
318153,92733,891
319155,63434,568
321157,32635,293
324158,99936,093
327160,65037,058
331162,27338,165
335163,93839,294
343165,65540,512
353167,35841,764
361169,04542,952
366170,70944,121
372172,35445,290
380174,21746,498

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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.