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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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	5,322	531
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	5,339	545
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	5,358	559
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	5,377	574
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	5,391	590
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	5,404	606
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	5,420	623
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	5,438	640
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	5,461	657
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	5,494	674
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	5,524	690
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	5,548	706
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	5,571	722
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	5,592	737
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	5,614	752
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	5,644	767
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	5,683	781
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	5,730	795
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	5,766	808
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	5,795	821
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	5,818	837
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	5,831	853
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	5,855	869
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	5,907	885

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