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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	Chad	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	7,559	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	7,821	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	8,092	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	8,395	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	8,763	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	9,191	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	9,594	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	9,967	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	10,338	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	10,728	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	11,139	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	11,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	11,983	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	12,427	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	12,895	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	13,379	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	13,823	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	14,277	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	14,765	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	15,252	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	15,750	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	16,257	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	16,776	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	17,307	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

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