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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	Qatar	Bangladesh	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	132,907	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	135,207	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	137,420	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	139,573	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	141,650	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	143,644	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	145,546	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	147,376	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	149,047	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	150,562	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	152,189	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	153,927	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	155,634	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	157,326	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	158,999	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	160,650	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	162,273	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	163,938	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	165,655	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	167,358	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	169,045	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	170,709	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	172,354	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	174,217	2,748

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, Qatar, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.