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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	Yemen	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	16,728	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	17,236	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	17,762	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	18,310	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	18,855	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	19,410	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	20,000	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	20,611	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	21,236	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	21,878	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	22,533	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	23,195	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	23,880	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	24,594	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	25,311	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	26,020	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	26,698	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	27,347	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	27,985	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	28,608	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	29,216	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	29,811	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	30,399	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	31,058	167

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, Yemen, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.