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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Oman	Jamaica
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	2,643
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	2,670
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	2,694
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	2,707
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	2,709
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	2,711
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	2,711
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	2,710
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	2,708
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	2,705
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	2,702
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	2,697
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	2,692
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	2,686
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	2,682
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	2,678
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	2,675
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	2,674
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	2,673
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	2,673
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	2,674
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	2,675
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	2,676
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	2,676

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

Jamaica

1850 - 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)

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