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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	Burkina Faso	Qatar	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	11,075	627	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	11,405	659	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	11,828	691	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	12,380	724	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	12,829	757	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	13,178	850	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	13,540	1,001	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	13,917	1,153	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	14,309	1,306	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	14,722	1,460	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	15,152	1,615	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	15,600	1,770	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	16,064	1,904	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	16,563	2,010	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	17,072	2,103	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	17,575	2,187	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	18,094	2,261	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	18,621	2,326	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	19,157	2,384	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	19,698	2,435	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	20,242	2,480	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	20,788	2,519	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	21,336	2,553	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	21,889	2,559	295

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.

All data sources

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, Qatar, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.