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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.