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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	3,811	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	3,901	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	3,919	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	3,923	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	3,940	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	3,975	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	3,991	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	3,993	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	3,990	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	3,987	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	3,985	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	3,983	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	3,980	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,977	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,973	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,968	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,963	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,957	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,951	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,944	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,937	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,929	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,921	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,876	4,713

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

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828