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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	Serbia
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	7,611
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	7,587
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	7,574
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	7,570
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	7,551
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	7,533
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	7,510
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	7,481
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	7,451
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	7,419
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	7,389
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	7,304
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	7,269
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	7,234
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	7,199
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	7,162
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	7,124
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	7,087
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	7,048
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	7,010
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	6,964
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	6,898
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	6,833

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

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project