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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	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,811	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,901	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,919	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,923	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,940	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,975	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,991	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,993	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,990	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,987	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,985	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,983	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,980	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,977	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,973	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,968	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,963	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,957	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,951	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,944	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,937	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,929	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,921	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,876	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.

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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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

Bangladesh

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

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