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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	Philippines	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	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.

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

Bangladesh

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