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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	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	7,666	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 Laos, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.