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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	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	70	132,907	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	71	135,207	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	71	137,420	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	72	139,573	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	72	141,650	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	72	143,644	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	72	145,546	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	72	147,376	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	72	149,047	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	73	150,562	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	73	152,189	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	73	153,927	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	73	155,634	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	73	157,326	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	73	158,999	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	73	160,650	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	74	162,273	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	74	163,938	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	74	165,655	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	74	167,358	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	75	169,045	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	75	170,709	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	76	172,354	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	76	174,217	21,889

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 Dominica, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.