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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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	5,286	531
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	5,397	545
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	5,499	559
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	5,578	574
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	5,654	590
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	5,746	606
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	5,836	623
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	5,931	640
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	6,035	657
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	6,145	674
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	6,257	690
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	6,368	706
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	6,477	722
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	6,586	737
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	6,695	752
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	6,804	767
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	6,912	781
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	7,019	795
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	7,127	808
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	7,234	821
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	7,343	837
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	7,452	853
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	7,560	869
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	7,666	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 Laos, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.