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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	Ecuador	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	12,268	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	12,446	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	12,629	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	12,827	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	13,074	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	13,368	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	13,661	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	13,915	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	14,133	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	14,352	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	14,569	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	14,786	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	15,002	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	15,218	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	15,433	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	15,647	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	15,860	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	16,072	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	16,282	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	16,489	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	16,693	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	16,894	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	17,093	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	17,288	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

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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