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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	Puerto Rico	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	3,800	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	3,811	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	3,819	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	3,824	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	3,826	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	3,827	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	3,822	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	3,805	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	3,783	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	3,761	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	3,741	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	3,722	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	3,679	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,636	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,589	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,534	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,473	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,411	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,352	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,295	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,268	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,247	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,232	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,228	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.

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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 Puerto Rico, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.