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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	Chile	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	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.

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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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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