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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	Israel	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,927	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,088	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,236	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,366	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,484	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,603	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,723	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,846	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,972	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,100	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,226	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,360	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,498	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,637	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,781	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,931	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,091	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,251	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,412	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,576	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,742	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,899	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,047	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,188	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.

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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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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