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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	11,075	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	11,405	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	11,828	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	12,380	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	12,829	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	13,178	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	13,540	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	13,917	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	14,309	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	14,722	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	15,152	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	15,600	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	16,064	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	16,563	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	17,072	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	17,575	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	18,094	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	18,621	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	19,157	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	19,698	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	20,242	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	20,788	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	21,336	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	21,889	30,279

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, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.