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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	Burundi	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,128	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,282	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,466	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	288	6,670	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	289	6,897	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,167	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,439	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	304	7,709	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	311	7,991	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,318	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,741	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,140	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,440	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,748	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,069	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,380	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,577	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	10,721	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,955	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	353	11,229	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	361	11,602	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,987	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	372	12,384	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	380	12,795	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.

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 Burundi; the database as a whole is cited above.