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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	Yemen	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	16,728	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	17,236	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	17,762	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	18,310	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	18,855	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	19,410	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	20,000	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	20,611	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	21,236	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	21,878	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	22,533	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	23,195	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	23,880	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	24,594	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	25,311	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	26,020	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	26,698	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	27,347	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	27,985	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	28,608	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	29,216	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	29,811	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	30,399	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	31,058	295

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.

All data sources

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 Yemen, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.