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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	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	2,348	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	2,403	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	2,457	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	2,510	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	2,562	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	2,613	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	2,663	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	2,713	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	2,764	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	2,816	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	2,871	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	2,928	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	2,986	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	3,047	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	3,110	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	3,174	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	3,240	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	3,307	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	3,375	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	3,444	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	3,512	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	3,582	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	3,651	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	3,696	937

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