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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	Zimbabwe
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	11,985
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	12,104
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	12,208
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	12,281
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	12,318
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	12,336
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	12,329
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	12,394
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	12,494
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	12,568
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	12,666
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	12,782
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	12,907
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	13,036
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	13,169
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	13,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	13,479
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	13,665
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	13,870
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	14,097
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	14,345
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	14,615
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	14,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	15,205

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

Zimbabwe

1914-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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