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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	70	132,907	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	71	135,207	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	71	137,420	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	72	139,573	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	72	141,650	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	72	143,644	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	72	145,546	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	72	147,376	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	72	149,047	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	73	150,562	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	73	152,189	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	73	153,927	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	73	155,634	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	73	157,326	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	73	158,999	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	73	160,650	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	74	162,273	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	74	163,938	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	74	165,655	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	74	167,358	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	75	169,045	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	75	170,709	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	76	172,354	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	76	174,217	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.