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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	St. Lucia	Laos	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	5,286	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	5,397	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	5,499	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	5,578	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	5,654	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	5,746	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	5,836	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	5,931	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	6,035	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	6,145	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	6,257	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	6,368	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	6,477	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	6,586	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	6,695	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	6,804	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	6,912	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	7,019	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	7,127	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	7,234	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	7,343	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	7,452	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	7,560	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	7,666	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, St. Lucia, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.