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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,006	152
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,017	153
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,026	154
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,011	155
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,018	156
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,024	157
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,028	157
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,031	158
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,035	159
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,038	160
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,042	160
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,046	161
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,049	162
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	2,052	162
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	2,055	163
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	2,058	163
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	2,061	164
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	2,063	164
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	2,065	165
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	2,067	166
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	2,068	166
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	2,065	167
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	2,057	167
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	2,048	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.

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 St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.