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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Oman	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	29,417

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 Oman, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.