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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	70	132,907	2,348	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	71	135,207	2,403	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	71	137,420	2,457	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	72	139,573	2,510	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	72	141,650	2,562	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	72	143,644	2,613	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	72	145,546	2,663	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	72	147,376	2,713	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	72	149,047	2,764	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	73	150,562	2,816	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	73	152,189	2,871	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	73	153,927	2,928	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	73	155,634	2,986	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	73	157,326	3,047	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	73	158,999	3,110	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	73	160,650	3,174	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	74	162,273	3,240	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	74	163,938	3,307	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	74	165,655	3,375	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	74	167,358	3,444	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	75	169,045	3,512	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	75	170,709	3,582	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	76	172,354	3,651	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	76	174,217	3,696	46,498

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