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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Oman	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	20,985

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

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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