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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	Gambia
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	1,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	1,357
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	1,393
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	1,431
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	1,469
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	1,508
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	1,548
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	1,589
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	1,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	1,671
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	1,713
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	1,755
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	1,798
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	1,840
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	1,883
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	1,926
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	1,968
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	2,010
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	2,051
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	2,093
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	2,147
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	2,203
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	2,260
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	2,316

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