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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	Romania	Bangladesh	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	132,907	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	135,207	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	137,420	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	139,573	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	141,650	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	143,644	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	145,546	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	147,376	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	149,047	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	150,562	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	152,189	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	153,927	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	155,634	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	157,326	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	158,999	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	160,650	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	162,273	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	163,938	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	165,655	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	167,358	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	169,045	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	170,709	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	172,354	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	174,217	651

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Bangladesh

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

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