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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	Yemen	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	16,728	78
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	17,236	79
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	17,762	80
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	18,310	81
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	18,855	82
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	19,410	83
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	20,000	84
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	20,611	85
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	21,236	86
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	21,878	87
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	22,533	87
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	23,195	88
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	23,880	89
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	24,594	90
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	25,311	91
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	26,020	92
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	26,698	92
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	27,347	93
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	27,985	94
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	28,608	95
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	29,216	96
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	29,811	97
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	30,399	98
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	31,058	98

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, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.