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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Uganda	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	23,408	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	24,195	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	24,992	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	25,846	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	26,661	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	27,414	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	28,200	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	29,021	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	29,846	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	30,647	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	31,469	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	32,343	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	33,257	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	34,234	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	35,271	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	36,419	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	37,673	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	39,157	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	40,879	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	42,329	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	43,639	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	45,120	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	46,645	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	48,065	3,696

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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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