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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	Colombia	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	277	38,365	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	281	38,911	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	285	39,411	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	288	39,918	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	289	40,416	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	293	40,899	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	296	41,374	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	304	41,862	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	311	42,324	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	319	42,781	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	319	43,264	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	318	43,771	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	319	44,225	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	321	44,660	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	324	45,081	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	327	45,846	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,290	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,796	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	47,385	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	353	48,222	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	361	49,326	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	366	50,283	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	372	50,978	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	380	51,332	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.

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

Bangladesh

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