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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	4,244	152
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	4,199	153
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	4,154	154
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	4,108	155
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	4,059	156
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	4,013	157
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	3,966	157
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	3,919	158
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	3,873	159
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	3,829	160
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	3,788	160
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	3,748	161
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	3,709	162
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,671	162
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,633	163
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,595	163
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,558	164
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,522	164
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,485	165
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,448	166
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,412	166
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,376	167
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,339	167
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,570	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

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