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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	Oman	Barbados	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	273	433
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	274	438
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	275	443
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	276	448
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	278	454
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	279	460
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	280	467
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	281	474
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	282	482
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	283	491
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	285	500
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	287	521
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	288	533
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	289	547
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	290	560
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	291	571
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	291	586
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	292	599
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	293	610
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	294	623
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	294	633
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	295	643
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	295	651

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

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