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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	Pakistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	141,497
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	145,759
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	150,448
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	154,585
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	158,209
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	161,556
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	165,075
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	168,846
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	172,882
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	176,809
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	180,690
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	184,989
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	189,314
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	193,569
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	197,994
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	202,387
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	206,716
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	210,929
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	215,276
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	219,927
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	224,604
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	229,276
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	233,942
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	238,413

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