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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	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	9,188

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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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