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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	11,075	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	11,405	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	11,828	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	12,380	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	12,829	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	13,178	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	13,540	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	13,917	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	14,309	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	14,722	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	15,152	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	15,600	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	16,064	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	16,563	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	17,072	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	17,575	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	18,094	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	18,621	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	19,157	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	19,698	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	20,242	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	20,788	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	21,336	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	21,889	64,835

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, Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.