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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Niger	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,424	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,785	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,170	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	288	11,580	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,015	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	293	12,472	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	296	12,954	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,459	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	311	13,986	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,532	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,092	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,669	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,263	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,903	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,569	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	327	18,242	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,957	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,708	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	20,462	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	353	21,228	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	361	22,023	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	366	22,842	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	372	23,691	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	380	24,587	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.

Bangladesh

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

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