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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	Cape Verde	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	422	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	430	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	438	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	447	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	455	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	463	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	471	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	478	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	486	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	494	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	501	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	509	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	516	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	524	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	531	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	539	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	546	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	553	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	562	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	568	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	574	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	580	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	585	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	590	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.

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