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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	132,907	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	135,207	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	137,420	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	139,573	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	141,650	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	143,644	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	145,546	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	147,376	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	149,047	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	150,562	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	152,189	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	153,927	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	155,634	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	157,326	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	158,999	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	160,650	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	162,273	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	163,938	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	165,655	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	167,358	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	169,045	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	170,709	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	172,354	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	174,217	651

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