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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	Burkina Faso	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	11,075	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	11,405	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	11,828	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	12,380	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	12,829	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	13,178	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	13,540	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	13,917	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	14,309	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	14,722	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	15,152	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	15,600	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	16,064	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	16,563	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	17,072	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	17,575	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	18,094	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	18,621	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	19,157	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	19,698	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	20,242	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	20,788	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	21,336	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	21,889	2,059

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, Burkina Faso, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.