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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	Ukraine	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	49,491	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	49,014	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	48,520	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,074	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,692	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,342	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	47,003	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	46,685	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	46,407	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	46,156	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	45,951	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	45,768	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	45,604	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	45,492	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,389	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	44,944	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	44,429	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	44,208	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	44,029	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	43,944	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,951	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	43,904	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	43,746	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,897	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

Bangladesh

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

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