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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	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	29,417

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

Bangladesh

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

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