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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	Estonia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	1,378	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	1,400	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	1,391	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	1,382	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	1,374	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	1,365	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	1,357	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	1,349	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	1,341	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	1,337	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	1,334	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	1,332	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	1,328	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	1,324	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	1,319	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	1,314	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	1,312	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	1,314	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	1,314	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	1,318	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	1,323	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	1,327	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	1,329	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	1,330	167

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, Estonia, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.