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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	Central African Republic	Bangladesh	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	132,907	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	135,207	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	137,420	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	139,573	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	141,650	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	143,644	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	145,546	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	147,376	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	149,047	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	150,562	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	152,189	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	153,927	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	155,634	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	157,326	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	158,999	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	160,650	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	162,273	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	163,938	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	165,655	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	167,358	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	169,045	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	170,709	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	172,354	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	174,217	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, Central African Republic, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.