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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Bangladesh	United States
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	333,288

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).