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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	3,811	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	3,901	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	3,919	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	3,923	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	3,940	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	3,975	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	3,991	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	3,993	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	3,990	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	3,987	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	3,985	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	3,983	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	3,980	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,977	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,973	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,968	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,963	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,957	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,951	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,944	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,937	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,929	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,921	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,876	3,570

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 Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.