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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	Palestinian Territories	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,996	152
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	3,075	153
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	3,155	154
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	3,235	155
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	3,315	156
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	3,396	157
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	3,478	157
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	3,559	158
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	3,642	159
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	3,727	160
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	3,817	160
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	3,907	161
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	3,997	162
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	4,088	162
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	4,178	163
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	4,269	163
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	4,359	164
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	4,451	164
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	4,533	165
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	4,615	166
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	4,715	166
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	4,820	167
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	4,930	167
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	5,042	167

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.

All data sources

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 Palestinian Territories, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.