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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	Côte d’Ivoire	Oman	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	17,106	2,348	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,552	2,403	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	18,010	2,457	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,438	2,510	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,895	2,562	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,432	2,613	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	19,968	2,663	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,512	2,713	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,097	2,764	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,699	2,816	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,285	2,871	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,845	2,928	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,343	2,986	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	23,879	3,047	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,492	3,110	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	25,104	3,174	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	25,719	3,240	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	26,348	3,307	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	26,984	3,375	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	27,614	3,444	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	28,252	3,512	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	28,895	3,582	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	29,546	3,651	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	30,279	3,696	174,217

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, Côte d’Ivoire, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.