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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	Bangladesh	Albania	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	3,085	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	3,065	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	3,047	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	3,038	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	3,026	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	3,014	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	2,998	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	2,979	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	2,957	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	2,934	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	2,915	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	2,900	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	2,892	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	2,888	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	2,882	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	2,876	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	2,868	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	2,863	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	2,861	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	2,854	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	2,842	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	2,825	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	2,799	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	2,787	4,259

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, Albania, Mauritania; the database as a whole is cited above.