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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	422
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	430
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	438
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	447
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	455
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	463
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	471
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	478
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	486
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	494
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	501
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	509
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	516
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	524
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	531
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	539
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	546
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	553
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	562
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	568
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	574
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	580
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	585
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	590

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 Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.