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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Laos	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	5,286	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	5,397	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	5,499	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	5,578	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	5,654	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	5,746	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	5,836	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	5,931	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	6,035	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	6,145	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	6,257	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	6,368	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	6,477	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	6,586	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	6,695	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	6,804	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	6,912	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	7,019	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	7,127	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	7,234	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	7,343	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	7,452	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	7,560	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	7,666	37,101

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