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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 IcelandBangladeshEl Salvador
277132,9075,767
281135,2075,825
285137,4205,856
288139,5735,869
289141,6505,880
293143,6445,888
296145,5465,899
304147,3765,906
311149,0475,911
319150,5625,934
319152,1895,954
318153,9275,967
319155,6345,984
321157,3266,033
324158,9996,121
327160,6506,179
331162,2736,205
335163,9386,248
343165,6556,304
353167,3586,368
361169,0456,372
366170,7096,385
372172,3546,407
380174,2176,429

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 El Salvador; the database as a whole is cited above.