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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 IcelandYemenBangladesh
27716,728132,907
28117,236135,207
28517,762137,420
28818,310139,573
28918,855141,650
29319,410143,644
29620,000145,546
30420,611147,376
31121,236149,047
31921,878150,562
31922,533152,189
31823,195153,927
31923,880155,634
32124,594157,326
32425,311158,999
32726,020160,650
33126,698162,273
33527,347163,938
34327,985165,655
35328,608167,358
36129,216169,045
36629,811170,709
37230,399172,354
38031,058174,217

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 Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.