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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	Kazakhstan
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	15,357
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	15,335
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	15,383
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	15,447
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	15,526
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	15,629
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	15,758
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	15,914
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	16,086
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	16,271
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	16,480
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	16,697
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	16,911
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	17,124
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	17,333
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	17,540
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	17,743
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	17,941
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	18,133
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	18,316
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	18,491
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	18,656
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	18,813
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	19,011

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