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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	2,059

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