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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Burkina FasoTrinidad & TobagoBangladesh
11,0751,301132,907
11,4051,303135,207
11,8281,308137,420
12,3801,314139,573
12,8291,320141,650
13,1781,326143,644
13,5401,332145,546
13,9171,338147,376
14,3091,344149,047
14,7221,352150,562
15,1521,359152,189
15,6001,365153,927
16,0641,372155,634
16,5631,379157,326
17,0721,386158,999
17,5751,392160,650
18,0941,399162,273
18,6211,405163,938
19,1571,411165,655
19,6981,436167,358
20,2421,452169,045
20,7881,448170,709
21,3361,450172,354
21,8891,456174,217

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.

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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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.