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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	3,811	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	3,901	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	3,919	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	3,923	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	3,940	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	3,975	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	3,991	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	3,993	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	3,990	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	3,987	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	3,985	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	3,983	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	3,980	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,977	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,973	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,968	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,963	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,957	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,951	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,944	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,937	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,929	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,921	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,876	5,042

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 Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.