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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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	531
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	545
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	559
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	574
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	590
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	606
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	623
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	640
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	657
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	674
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	690
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	706
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	722
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	737
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	752
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	767
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	781
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	795
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	808
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	821
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	837
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	853
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	869
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	885

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