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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	Syria	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,930	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	281	16,329	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	285	16,730	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	288	17,132	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	289	17,534	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	293	17,942	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	296	18,423	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	304	19,252	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	311	20,493	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,221	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	319	21,542	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	318	22,050	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	319	22,458	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,258	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,901	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	327	19,318	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,272	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	17,669	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	17,327	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	353	17,601	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	361	18,440	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,241	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	372	20,226	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	380	20,985	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.

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

Bangladesh

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