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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Austria	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	8,039	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	8,059	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	8,090	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	8,130	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	8,166	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	8,217	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	8,274	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	8,317	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	8,344	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	8,370	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	8,390	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	8,410	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	8,438	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	8,476	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	8,527	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	8,594	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	8,680	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	8,791	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	8,847	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	8,890	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	8,930	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	8,969	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	9,004	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	9,107	295

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

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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