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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	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,006	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,017	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,026	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,011	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,018	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,024	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,028	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,031	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,038	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,042	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,046	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,049	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	2,052	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	2,055	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	2,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	2,061	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	2,063	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	2,065	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	2,067	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	2,068	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	2,065	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	2,057	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	2,048	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

North Macedonia

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

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.