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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	Burundi
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	2,348	6,128
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	2,403	6,282
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	2,457	6,466
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	2,510	6,670
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	2,562	6,897
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	2,613	7,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	2,663	7,439
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	2,713	7,709
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	2,764	7,991
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	2,816	8,318
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	2,871	8,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	2,928	9,140
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	2,986	9,440
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	3,047	9,748
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	3,110	10,069
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	3,174	10,380
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	3,240	10,577
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	3,307	10,721
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	3,375	10,955
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	3,444	11,229
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	3,512	11,602
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	3,582	11,987
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	3,651	12,384
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	3,696	12,795

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