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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	Denmark	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	5,322	422
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	5,339	430
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	5,358	438
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	5,377	447
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	5,391	455
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	5,404	463
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	5,420	471
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	5,438	478
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	5,461	486
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	5,494	494
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	5,524	501
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	5,548	509
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	5,571	516
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	5,592	524
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	5,614	531
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	5,644	539
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	5,683	546
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	5,730	553
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	5,766	562
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	5,795	568
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	5,818	574
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	5,831	580
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	5,855	585
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	5,907	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 Denmark, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.