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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	Oman	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	70	132,907	2,348	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	71	135,207	2,403	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	71	137,420	2,457	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	72	139,573	2,510	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	72	141,650	2,562	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	72	143,644	2,613	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	72	145,546	2,663	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	72	147,376	2,713	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	72	149,047	2,764	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	73	150,562	2,816	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	73	152,189	2,871	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	73	153,927	2,928	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	73	155,634	2,986	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	73	157,326	3,047	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	73	158,999	3,110	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	73	160,650	3,174	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	74	162,273	3,240	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	74	163,938	3,307	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	165,655	3,375	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	74	167,358	3,444	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	75	169,045	3,512	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	75	170,709	3,582	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	76	172,354	3,651	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	76	174,217	3,696	7,666

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, Oman, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.