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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Oman	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	5,458

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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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