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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	Luxembourg	Bangladesh	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	132,907	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	135,207	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	137,420	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	139,573	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	141,650	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	143,644	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	145,546	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	147,376	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	149,047	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	150,562	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	152,189	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	153,927	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	155,634	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	157,326	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	158,999	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	160,650	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	162,273	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	163,938	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	165,655	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	167,358	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	169,045	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	170,709	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	172,354	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	174,217	3,228

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, Luxembourg, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.