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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	Paraguay	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	5,366	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	5,473	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	5,579	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	5,683	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	5,786	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	5,886	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	5,984	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	6,080	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	6,173	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	6,264	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	6,352	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	6,438	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	6,522	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	6,605	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	6,688	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	6,769	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	6,850	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	6,930	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	7,012	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	7,095	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	7,179	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	7,263	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	7,348	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	7,432	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, Paraguay, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.