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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Barbados	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	273	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	274	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	275	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	276	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	278	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	279	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	280	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	281	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	282	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	283	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	285	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	286	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	287	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	288	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	289	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	290	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	291	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	291	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	292	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	293	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	294	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	294	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	295	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	295	63,382

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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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