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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	132,907	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	135,207	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	137,420	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	139,573	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	141,650	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	143,644	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	145,546	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	147,376	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	149,047	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	150,562	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	152,189	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	153,927	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	155,634	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	157,326	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	158,999	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	160,650	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	162,273	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	163,938	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	165,655	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	167,358	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	169,045	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	170,709	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	172,354	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	174,217	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.