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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	Croatia
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	4,377
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	4,334
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	4,171
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	4,176
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	4,179
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	4,182
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	4,183
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	4,183
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	4,181
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	4,177
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	4,167
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	4,154
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	4,126
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	4,109
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	4,081
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	4,047
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	4,006
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,968
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,945
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,925
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,839
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,790

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

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project