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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	31,058

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 Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.