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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	Denmark	Bangladesh	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	132,907	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	135,207	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	137,420	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	139,573	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	141,650	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	143,644	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	145,546	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	147,376	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	149,047	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	150,562	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	152,189	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	153,927	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	155,634	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	157,326	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	158,999	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	160,650	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	162,273	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	163,938	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	165,655	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	167,358	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	169,045	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	170,709	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	172,354	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	174,217	167

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, Denmark, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.