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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Bangladesh	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	132,907	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	135,207	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	137,420	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	139,573	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	141,650	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	143,644	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	145,546	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	147,376	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	149,047	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	150,562	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	152,189	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	153,927	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	155,634	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	157,326	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	158,999	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	160,650	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	162,273	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	163,938	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	165,655	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	167,358	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	169,045	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	170,709	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	172,354	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	174,217	2,787

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