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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	3,889	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	3,980	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	4,054	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	4,128	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	4,215	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	4,289	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	4,363	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	4,449	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	4,544	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	4,641	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	4,742	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	4,845	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	4,950	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	5,057	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	5,167	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	5,278	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	5,392	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	5,507	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	5,625	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	5,745	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	5,874	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	6,025	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	6,154	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	6,291	174,217

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.

All data sources

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.