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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	132,907	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	135,207	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	137,420	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	139,573	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	141,650	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	143,644	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	145,546	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	147,376	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	149,047	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	150,562	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	152,189	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	153,927	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	155,634	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	157,326	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	158,999	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	160,650	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	162,273	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	163,938	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	165,655	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	167,358	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	169,045	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	170,709	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	172,354	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	174,217	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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