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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	Costa Rica	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,785	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,867	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,951	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,021	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,079	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,145	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,212	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,278	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,338	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,400	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,467	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,544	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,587	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,648	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,707	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,768	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,827	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,885	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,942	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,998	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,052	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,105	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,158	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,185	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, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.