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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Belgium	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,227	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,252	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,288	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,334	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,377	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,422	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,480	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,549	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,627	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,711	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,797	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,897	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	319	11,039	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	321	11,108	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	324	11,160	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	327	11,210	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	11,275	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,332	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,376	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	353	11,429	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	361	11,491	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,546	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	372	11,594	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	380	11,695	174,217

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.

Belgium

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995