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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	Moldova	Bangladesh	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	132,907	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	135,207	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	137,420	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	139,573	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	141,650	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	143,644	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	145,546	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	147,376	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	149,047	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	150,562	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	152,189	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	153,927	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	155,634	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	157,326	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	158,999	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	160,650	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	162,273	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	163,938	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	165,655	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	167,358	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	169,045	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	170,709	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	172,354	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	174,217	167

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, Moldova, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.