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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	Qatar	Bangladesh	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	627	132,907	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	659	135,207	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	691	137,420	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	724	139,573	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	757	141,650	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	850	143,644	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,001	145,546	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,153	147,376	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,306	149,047	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,460	150,562	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,615	152,189	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,770	153,927	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,904	155,634	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,010	157,326	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,103	158,999	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,187	160,650	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,261	162,273	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,326	163,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,384	165,655	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,435	167,358	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,480	169,045	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,519	170,709	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,553	172,354	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,559	174,217	295

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 Qatar, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.