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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	5,657

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 Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.