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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	Afghanistan	Bangladesh	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	132,907	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	135,207	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	137,420	275
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	139,573	276
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	141,650	278
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	143,644	279
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	145,546	280
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	147,376	281
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	149,047	282
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	150,562	283
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	152,189	285
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	153,927	286
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	155,634	287
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	157,326	288
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	158,999	289
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	160,650	290
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	162,273	291
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	163,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	165,655	292
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	167,358	293
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	169,045	294
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	170,709	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	172,354	295
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	174,217	295

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

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.