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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	Lithuania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	3,419	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	3,395	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	3,367	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	3,340	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	3,313	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	3,276	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	3,223	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	3,172	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	3,134	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	3,102	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	3,068	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	3,004	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,937	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	2,898	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	2,869	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	2,844	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	2,818	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	2,782	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	2,744	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	2,718	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	2,710	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	2,711	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	2,724	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	2,748	295

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.

All data sources

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 Lithuania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.