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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	Moldova	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	4,244	531
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	4,199	545
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	4,154	559
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	4,108	574
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	4,059	590
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	4,013	606
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	3,966	623
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	3,919	640
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	3,873	657
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	3,829	674
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	3,788	690
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	3,748	706
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	3,709	722
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,671	737
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,633	752
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,595	767
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,558	781
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,522	795
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,485	808
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,448	821
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,412	837
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,376	853
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,339	869
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,570	885

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 Moldova, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.