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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Oman	Gambia
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	1,320
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	1,357
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	1,393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	1,431
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	1,469
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	1,508
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	1,548
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	1,589
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	1,630
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	1,671
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	1,713
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	1,755
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	1,798
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	1,840
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	1,883
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	1,926
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	1,968
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	2,010
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	2,051
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	2,093
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	2,147
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	2,203
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	2,260
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	2,316

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, Gambia; the database as a whole is cited above.