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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Barbados	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	273	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	274	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	275	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	276	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	278	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	279	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	280	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	281	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	282	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	283	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	285	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	286	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	287	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	288	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	289	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	290	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	291	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	291	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	292	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	293	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	294	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	294	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	295	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	295	28,237

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

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