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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Oman	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	25,808

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

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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