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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Oman	Kuwait
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	1,926
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	1,982
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	2,038
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	2,094
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	2,151
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	2,208
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	2,268
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	2,329
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	2,388
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	2,446
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	2,502
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	2,556
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	2,609
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	2,660
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	2,710
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	2,757
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	2,804
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	2,848
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	2,891
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	2,933
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	2,972
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	3,011
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	3,048
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	3,061

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