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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	Ukraine
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	49,491
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	49,014
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	48,520
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	48,074
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	47,692
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	47,342
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	47,003
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	46,685
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	46,407
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	46,156
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	45,951
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	45,768
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	45,604
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	45,492
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	45,389
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	44,944
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	44,429
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	44,208
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	44,029
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	43,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	43,951
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	43,904
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	43,746
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	39,897

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