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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	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	20,985

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

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828