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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Latvia	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,386	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,363	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,333	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,306	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,284	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,259	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,235	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,215	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,197	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,174	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,138	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,093	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,055	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,030	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,009	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,991	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,974	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,956	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,938	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,923	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,910	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,897	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,880	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,883	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.

Bangladesh

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

No separate list is published for Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.