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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	Lebanon	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	3,460	152
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	3,499	153
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	3,554	154
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	3,610	155
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	3,665	156
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	3,721	157
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	3,777	157
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	3,853	158
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	3,954	159
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	4,036	160
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	4,082	160
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	4,097	161
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	4,115	162
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	4,206	162
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	4,696	163
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	5,365	163
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	5,640	164
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	5,688	164
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	5,680	165
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	5,562	166
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	5,331	166
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	4,986	167
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	4,802	167
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	4,713	167

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

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.