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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 IcelandDominicaBangladeshMoldova
27770132,9074,244
28171135,2074,199
28571137,4204,154
28872139,5734,108
28972141,6504,059
29372143,6444,013
29672145,5463,966
30472147,3763,919
31172149,0473,873
31973150,5623,829
31973152,1893,788
31873153,9273,748
31973155,6343,709
32173157,3263,671
32473158,9993,633
32773160,6503,595
33174162,2733,558
33574163,9383,522
34374165,6553,485
35374167,3583,448
36175169,0453,412
36675170,7093,376
37276172,3543,339
38076174,2173,570

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.