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

Bangladesh

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

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