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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Bosnia & Herzegovina	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	3,811	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	3,901	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	3,919	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	3,923	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	3,940	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	3,975	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	3,991	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	3,993	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	3,990	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	3,987	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	3,985	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	3,983	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	3,980	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,977	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,973	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,968	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,963	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,957	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,951	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,944	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,937	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,929	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,921	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,876	10,099

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.