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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	Tunisia
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	9,417
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	9,514
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	9,613
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	9,711
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	9,810
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	9,906
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	9,997
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	10,087
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	10,178
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	10,274
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	10,377
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	10,491
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	10,612
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	10,737
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	10,866
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	10,996
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	11,124
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	11,248
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	11,365
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	11,477
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	11,583
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	11,681
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	11,772
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	11,862

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