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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Oman	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	103,574

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