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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	Tunisia	Bangladesh	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	132,907	277
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	135,207	281
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	137,420	285
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	139,573	288
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	141,650	289
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	143,644	293
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	145,546	296
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	147,376	304
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	149,047	311
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	150,562	319
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	152,189	319
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	153,927	318
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	155,634	319
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	157,326	321
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	158,999	324
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	160,650	327
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	162,273	331
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	163,938	335
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	165,655	343
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	167,358	353
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	169,045	361
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	170,709	366
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	172,354	372
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	174,217	380

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

Bangladesh

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

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.

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