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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	Burkina Faso	Bangladesh	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	132,907	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	135,207	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	137,420	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	139,573	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	141,650	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	143,644	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	145,546	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	147,376	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	149,047	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	150,562	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	152,189	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	153,927	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	155,634	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	157,326	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	158,999	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	160,650	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	162,273	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	163,938	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	165,655	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	167,358	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	169,045	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	170,709	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	172,354	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	174,217	167

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 Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.