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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	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	7,666

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