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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	65,020	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	65,949	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	66,869	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	67,728	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	68,541	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	69,366	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	70,224	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	71,106	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	71,992	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	72,909	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	73,922	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	75,054	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	76,164	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	77,141	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	78,138	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	79,199	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	80,262	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	81,350	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	82,412	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	83,535	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	84,737	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	85,564	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	86,346	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	87,201	46,498

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