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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandDominicaBarbadosBangladesh
27770273132,907
28171274135,207
28571275137,420
28872276139,573
28972278141,650
29372279143,644
29672280145,546
30472281147,376
31172282149,047
31973283150,562
31973285152,189
31873286153,927
31973287155,634
32173288157,326
32473289158,999
32773290160,650
33174291162,273
33574291163,938
34374292165,655
35374293167,358
36175294169,045
36675294170,709
37276295172,354
38076295174,217

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 Dominica, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.