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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	Sweden	Congo - Kinshasa	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	51,181	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	52,782	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	54,453	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	56,170	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	57,860	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	59,599	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	61,474	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	63,479	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	65,590	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	67,800	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	70,114	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	72,550	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	75,138	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	77,792	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	80,534	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	83,368	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	86,229	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	89,193	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	92,209	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	95,232	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	98,320	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	101,499	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	104,767	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	108,171	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

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.