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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Chile	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	15,140	433
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	15,340	438
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	15,513	443
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	15,686	448
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	15,859	454
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	16,029	460
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	16,222	467
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	16,364	474
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	16,536	482
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	16,700	491
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	16,864	500
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	16,999	509
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	17,189	521
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	17,378	533
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	17,545	547
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	17,720	560
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	17,904	571
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	18,099	586
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	18,350	599
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	18,681	610
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	19,035	623
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	19,385	633
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	19,604	643
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	19,715	651

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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