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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	Serbia
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	7,611
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	7,587
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	7,574
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	7,570
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	7,551
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	7,533
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	7,510
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	7,481
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	7,451
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	7,419
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	7,389
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	7,304
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	7,269
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	7,234
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	7,199
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	7,162
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	7,124
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	7,087
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	7,048
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	7,010
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	6,964
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	6,898
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	6,833

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.

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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

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.