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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Portugal	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	10,144	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	10,215	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	10,288	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	10,344	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	10,383	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	10,408	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	10,427	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	10,446	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	10,467	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	10,482	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	10,492	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	10,497	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	10,481	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	10,439	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	10,382	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	10,326	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	10,283	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	10,251	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	10,226	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	10,209	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	10,212	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	10,223	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	10,214	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	10,200	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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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