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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	Uzbekistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	11,075	24,701
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	11,405	25,042
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	11,828	25,372
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	12,380	25,696
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	12,829	25,992
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	13,178	26,268
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	13,540	26,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	13,917	26,812
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	14,309	27,081
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	14,722	27,347
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	15,152	27,609
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	15,600	27,869
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	16,064	28,132
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	16,563	28,398
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	17,072	28,666
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	17,575	28,934
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	18,094	29,205
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	18,621	29,480
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	19,157	29,756
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	19,698	30,031
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	20,242	30,305
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	20,788	30,576
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	21,336	30,843
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	21,889	31,337

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, Uzbekistan; the database as a whole is cited above.