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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	7,169

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