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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	2,348	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	2,403	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	2,457	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	2,510	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	2,562	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	2,613	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	2,663	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	2,713	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	2,764	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	2,816	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	2,871	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	2,928	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	2,986	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	3,047	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	3,110	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	3,174	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	3,240	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	3,307	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	3,375	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	3,444	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	3,512	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	3,582	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	3,651	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	3,696	64,835

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