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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	Dominica	Bangladesh	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	132,907	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	135,207	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	137,420	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	139,573	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	141,650	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	143,644	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	145,546	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	147,376	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	149,047	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	150,562	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	152,189	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	153,927	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	155,634	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	157,326	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	158,999	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	160,650	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	162,273	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	163,938	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	165,655	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	167,358	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	169,045	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	170,709	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	172,354	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	174,217	16,514

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, Dominica, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.