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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Montenegro	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	277	623	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	281	623	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	285	623	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	288	622	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	289	621	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	293	621	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	296	621	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	304	620	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	311	620	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	319	621	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	319	622	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	318	623	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	319	622	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	321	622	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	324	622	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	327	621	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	620	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	618	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	616	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	353	614	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	361	613	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	366	612	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	372	611	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	380	610	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.

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Bangladesh

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