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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	Burkina Faso	Bangladesh	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	132,907	531
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	135,207	545
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	137,420	559
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	139,573	574
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	141,650	590
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	143,644	606
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	145,546	623
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	147,376	640
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	149,047	657
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	150,562	674
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	152,189	690
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	153,927	706
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	155,634	722
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	157,326	737
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	158,999	752
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	160,650	767
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	162,273	781
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	163,938	795
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	165,655	808
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	167,358	821
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	169,045	837
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	170,709	853
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	172,354	869
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	174,217	885

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 Burkina Faso, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.