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