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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	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	103,574

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