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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	Central African Republic	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	3,889	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	3,980	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	4,054	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	4,128	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	4,215	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	4,289	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	4,363	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	4,449	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	4,544	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	4,641	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	4,742	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	4,845	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	4,950	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	5,057	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	5,167	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	5,278	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	5,392	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	5,507	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	5,625	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	5,745	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	5,874	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	6,025	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	6,154	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	6,291	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, Luxembourg, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.