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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Oman	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	273,409

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

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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