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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	Moldova	Haiti
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	4,244	8,121
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	4,199	8,279
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	4,154	8,430
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	4,108	8,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	4,059	8,739
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	4,013	8,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	3,966	9,061
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	3,919	9,216
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	3,873	9,364
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	3,829	9,508
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	3,788	9,652
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	3,748	9,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	3,709	9,670
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	3,671	9,793
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	3,633	9,922
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	3,595	10,047
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	3,558	10,254
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	3,522	10,486
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	3,485	10,647
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	3,448	10,788
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	3,412	10,933
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	3,376	11,077
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	3,339	11,215
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	3,570	11,349

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.

All data sources

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, Moldova, Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.