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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	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	9,188

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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91