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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	Paraguay	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	5,366	152
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	5,473	153
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	5,579	154
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	5,683	155
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	5,786	156
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	5,886	157
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	5,984	157
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	6,080	158
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	6,173	159
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	6,264	160
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	6,352	160
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	6,438	161
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	6,522	162
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	6,605	162
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	6,688	163
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	6,769	163
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	6,850	164
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	6,930	164
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	7,012	165
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	7,095	166
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	7,179	166
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	7,263	167
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	7,348	167
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	7,432	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.

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