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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	3,085	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	3,065	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	3,047	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	3,038	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	3,026	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	3,014	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	2,998	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	2,979	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	2,957	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	2,934	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	2,915	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	2,900	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	2,892	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	2,888	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	2,882	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	2,876	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	2,868	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	2,863	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	2,861	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	2,854	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	2,842	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	2,825	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	2,799	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	2,787	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.