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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandEl SalvadorBangladesh
2775,767132,907
2815,825135,207
2855,856137,420
2885,869139,573
2895,880141,650
2935,888143,644
2965,899145,546
3045,906147,376
3115,911149,047
3195,934150,562
3195,954152,189
3185,967153,927
3195,984155,634
3216,033157,326
3246,121158,999
3276,179160,650
3316,205162,273
3356,248163,938
3436,304165,655
3536,368167,358
3616,372169,045
3666,385170,709
3726,407172,354
3806,429174,217

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 El Salvador; the database as a whole is cited above.