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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	70	132,907	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	71	135,207	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	71	137,420	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	72	139,573	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	72	141,650	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	72	143,644	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	72	145,546	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	72	147,376	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	72	149,047	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	73	150,562	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	73	152,189	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	73	153,927	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	73	155,634	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	73	157,326	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	73	158,999	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	73	160,650	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	74	162,273	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	74	163,938	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	74	165,655	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	74	167,358	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	75	169,045	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	75	170,709	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	76	172,354	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	76	174,217	7,169

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, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.