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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project