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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	Cameroon	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,483	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,913	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,354	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,815	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,289	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,764	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,249	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,746	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,278	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,843	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,419	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,002	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,586	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,181	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,800	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,513	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,273	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,995	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,680	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	26,373	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,114	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,878	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,663	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	29,417	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, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.