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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Russia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	147,218	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	146,600	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	145,980	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	145,310	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	144,652	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	144,071	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	143,522	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	143,053	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	142,809	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	142,746	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	142,789	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	142,853	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	142,964	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	143,205	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	143,510	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	146,094	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	146,410	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	146,678	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	146,846	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	146,834	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	146,768	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	146,463	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	145,849	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	146,693	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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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