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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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