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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	Dominica	Barbados	Albania	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	70	273	3,085	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	71	274	3,065	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	71	275	3,047	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	72	276	3,038	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	72	278	3,026	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	72	279	3,014	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	72	280	2,998	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	72	281	2,979	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	72	282	2,957	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	73	283	2,934	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	73	285	2,915	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	73	286	2,900	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	73	287	2,892	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	73	288	2,888	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	73	289	2,882	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	73	290	2,876	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	74	291	2,868	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	74	291	2,863	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	74	292	2,861	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	74	293	2,854	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	75	294	2,842	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	75	294	2,825	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	76	295	2,799	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	76	295	2,787	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 Dominica, Barbados, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.