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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	Palestinian Territories	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	2,996	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	3,075	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	3,155	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	3,235	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	3,315	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	3,396	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	3,478	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	3,559	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	3,642	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	3,727	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	3,817	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	3,907	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	3,997	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	4,088	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	4,178	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	4,269	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	4,359	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	4,451	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	4,533	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	4,615	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	4,715	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	4,820	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	4,930	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	5,042	295

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.

All data sources

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, Palestinian Territories, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.