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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	Central African Republic	Albania	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,889	3,085	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,980	3,065	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,054	3,047	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,128	3,038	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,215	3,026	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,289	3,014	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,363	2,998	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,449	2,979	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,544	2,957	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,641	2,934	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,742	2,915	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,845	2,900	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,950	2,892	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,057	2,888	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,167	2,882	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,278	2,876	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,392	2,868	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,507	2,863	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,625	2,861	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,745	2,854	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,874	2,842	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,025	2,825	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,154	2,799	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,291	2,787	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 Central African Republic, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.