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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bahrain	Romania	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	633	22,414	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	648	22,262	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	665	22,106	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	707	21,931	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	773	21,828	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	839	21,704	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	907	21,571	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	974	21,443	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	1,043	21,129	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	1,096	20,779	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	1,133	20,607	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	1,168	20,485	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	1,202	20,385	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	1,236	20,296	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	1,268	20,224	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	1,301	20,151	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	1,333	20,055	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	1,365	19,938	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	1,396	19,823	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	1,428	19,713	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	1,459	19,622	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	1,489	19,496	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	1,511	19,351	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	1,521	19,266	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.

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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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Bahrain; the database as a whole is cited above.