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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	28,237

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