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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Albania	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	3,085	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	3,065	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	3,047	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	3,038	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	3,026	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	3,014	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,998	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,979	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,957	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,934	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,915	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,900	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,892	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	2,888	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	2,882	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	2,876	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	2,868	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	2,863	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	2,861	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	2,854	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	2,842	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	2,825	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	2,799	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	2,787	223,735

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.

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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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.