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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	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Thailand	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	59,748	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	60,165	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	60,746	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	61,323	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	61,884	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	62,425	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	62,956	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	63,467	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	63,937	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	64,381	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	64,804	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	65,208	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	65,599	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	65,970	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	66,332	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	66,673	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	66,975	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	67,250	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	67,506	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	67,750	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	67,975	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	68,180	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	68,366	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	68,457	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.

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

Bangladesh

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