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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Bangladesh	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	70	132,907	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	71	135,207	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	71	137,420	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	72	139,573	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	72	141,650	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	72	143,644	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	72	145,546	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	72	147,376	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	72	149,047	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	73	150,562	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	73	152,189	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	73	153,927	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	73	155,634	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	73	157,326	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	73	158,999	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	73	160,650	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	74	162,273	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	74	163,938	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	74	165,655	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	74	167,358	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	75	169,045	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	75	170,709	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	76	172,354	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	76	174,217	83,811

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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