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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.