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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Oman	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	24,587

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