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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	21,889	6,291

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 Burkina Faso, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.