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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	2,348	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	2,403	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	2,457	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	2,510	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	2,562	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	2,613	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	2,663	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	2,713	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	2,764	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	2,816	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	2,871	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	2,928	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	2,986	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	3,047	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	3,110	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	3,174	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	3,240	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	3,307	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	3,375	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	3,444	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	3,512	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	3,582	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	3,651	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	3,696	651

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