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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Oman	Slovakia
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	5,360
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	5,365
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	5,344
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	5,343
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	5,343
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	5,346
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	5,351
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	5,355
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	5,361
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	5,370
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	5,382
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	5,394
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	5,362
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	5,370
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	5,377
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	5,382
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	5,386
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	5,395
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	5,402
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	5,410
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	5,417
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	5,424
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	5,404
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	5,464

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