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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	19,512

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

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