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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Laos	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	5,286	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	5,397	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	5,499	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	5,578	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	5,654	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	5,746	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	5,836	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	5,931	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	6,035	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	6,145	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	6,257	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	6,368	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	6,477	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	6,586	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	6,695	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	6,804	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	6,912	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	7,019	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	7,127	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	7,234	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	7,343	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	7,452	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	7,560	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	7,666	1,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.