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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	Türkiye	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	65,020	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	65,949	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	66,869	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	67,728	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	68,541	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	69,366	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	70,224	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	71,106	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	71,992	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	72,909	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	73,922	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	75,054	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	76,164	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	77,141	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	78,138	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	79,199	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	80,262	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	81,350	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	82,412	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	83,535	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	84,737	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	85,564	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	86,346	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	87,201	6,291

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

Türkiye

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
700 - 1820: Pamuk, Ş. and M. Shatzmiller (2011). “Real Wages and GDP per capita in the Medieval Islamic Middle East in Comparative Perspective, 700-1500”, paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Dublin, September 2-3, 2011; Milanovic, B. (2006), “An estimate of average income and inequality in Byzantium around year 1000,” Review of Income and Wealth 52 (3).
1500-1820: Pamuk, S. (2009). “Estimating GDP per capita for the Ottoman Empire in a European Comparative Framework, 1500-1820”, paper presented at the XVth World Economic History Congress, August 2009, Utrecht
182, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1923-48: T. Bulutay, Y.S. Tezel and N. Yielderim, Turkiye Milli Geliri 1923-1948, Ankara, 1974.

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