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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	Sudan	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	26,168	531
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	26,771	545
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	27,387	559
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	28,017	574
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	28,662	590
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	29,321	606
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	29,996	623
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	30,686	640
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	31,393	657
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	32,137	674
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	33,078	690
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	33,891	706
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	34,568	722
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	35,293	737
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	36,093	752
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	37,058	767
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	38,165	781
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	39,294	795
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	40,512	808
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	41,764	821
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	42,952	837
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	44,121	853
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	45,290	869
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	46,498	885

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 Sudan, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.