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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	138
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	141
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	144
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	147
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	151
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	154
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	158
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	161
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	165
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	168
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	172
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	176
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	180
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	183
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	187
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	190
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	194
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	198
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	201
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	204
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	208
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	212
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	216
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.