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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	Cyprus	Barbados	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	818	273	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	826	274	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	835	275	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	845	276	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	855	278	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	867	279	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	879	280	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	894	281	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	913	282	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	937	283	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	962	285	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	988	286	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	1,013	287	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	1,029	288	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	1,026	289	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	1,015	290	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	1,009	291	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	1,014	291	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	1,023	292	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	1,036	293	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	1,050	294	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	1,062	294	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	1,072	295	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	1,087	295	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

Bangladesh

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

No separate list is published for Cyprus, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.