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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Jordan	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,591	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,700	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,811	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,923	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,037	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,161	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,295	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,765	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,243	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,397	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,538	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,680	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,840	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,952	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,706	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,839	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,506	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,863	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,066	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,273	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,480	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,628	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,716	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,849	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.

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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.

Jordan

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

Bangladesh

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