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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Oman	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	23,796

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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.