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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	Poland	Burkina Faso	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	277	38,358	11,075	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	281	38,344	11,405	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	285	38,339	11,828	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	288	38,320	12,380	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	289	38,283	12,829	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	293	38,268	13,178	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	296	38,249	13,540	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	304	38,220	13,917	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	311	38,204	14,309	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	319	38,204	14,722	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	319	38,572	15,152	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	318	38,606	15,600	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	319	38,615	16,064	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	321	38,623	16,563	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	324	38,591	17,072	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	327	38,573	17,575	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,544	18,094	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	38,516	18,621	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	38,511	19,157	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	353	38,502	19,698	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	361	38,475	20,242	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	366	38,443	20,788	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,250	21,336	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	380	37,914	21,889	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.

Poland

1409–1913: Malinowski, M. and Van Zanden (2017), “National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective” Cliometrica, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–40
1913-1929: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1929-1938: K. Laski, Akumulacja i spozycie w procesie uprzemyslowienia Polski Ludowej, Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 1956, pp. 86-90
1937-1950: T.P. Alton (1970), p. 46,

Bangladesh

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

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