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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	Denmark	Bangladesh	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	132,907	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	135,207	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	137,420	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	139,573	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	141,650	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	143,644	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	145,546	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	147,376	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	149,047	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	150,562	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	152,189	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	153,927	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	155,634	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	157,326	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	158,999	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	160,650	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	162,273	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	163,938	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	165,655	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	167,358	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	169,045	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	170,709	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	172,354	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	174,217	1,456

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