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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	11,075	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	11,405	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	11,828	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	12,380	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	12,829	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	13,178	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	13,540	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	13,917	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	14,309	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	14,722	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	15,152	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	15,600	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	16,064	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	16,563	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	17,072	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	17,575	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	18,094	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	18,621	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	19,157	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	19,698	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	20,242	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	20,788	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	21,336	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	21,889	6,720

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

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

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