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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 IcelandDominicaSudanBangladesh
2777026,168132,907
2817126,771135,207
2857127,387137,420
2887228,017139,573
2897228,662141,650
2937229,321143,644
2967229,996145,546
3047230,686147,376
3117231,393149,047
3197332,137150,562
3197333,078152,189
3187333,891153,927
3197334,568155,634
3217335,293157,326
3247336,093158,999
3277337,058160,650
3317438,165162,273
3357439,294163,938
3437440,512165,655
3537441,764167,358
3617542,952169,045
3667544,121170,709
3727645,290172,354
3807646,498174,217

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