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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	Oman	Bahrain
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	2,348	633
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	2,403	648
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	2,457	665
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	2,510	707
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	2,562	773
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	2,613	839
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	2,663	907
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	2,713	974
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	2,764	1,043
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	2,816	1,096
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	2,871	1,133
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	2,928	1,168
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	2,986	1,202
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	3,047	1,236
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	3,110	1,268
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	3,174	1,301
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	3,240	1,333
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	3,307	1,365
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	3,375	1,396
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	3,444	1,428
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	3,512	1,459
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	3,582	1,489
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	3,651	1,511
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	3,696	1,521

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, Oman, Bahrain; the database as a whole is cited above.