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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.