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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	Burkina Faso	Bangladesh	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	70	11,075	132,907	273
Dec 31, 2000	71	11,405	135,207	274
Dec 31, 2001	71	11,828	137,420	275
Dec 31, 2002	72	12,380	139,573	276
Dec 31, 2003	72	12,829	141,650	278
Dec 31, 2004	72	13,178	143,644	279
Dec 31, 2005	72	13,540	145,546	280
Dec 31, 2006	72	13,917	147,376	281
Dec 31, 2007	72	14,309	149,047	282
Dec 31, 2008	73	14,722	150,562	283
Dec 31, 2009	73	15,152	152,189	285
Dec 31, 2010	73	15,600	153,927	286
Dec 31, 2011	73	16,064	155,634	287
Dec 31, 2012	73	16,563	157,326	288
Dec 31, 2013	73	17,072	158,999	289
Dec 31, 2014	73	17,575	160,650	290
Dec 31, 2015	74	18,094	162,273	291
Dec 31, 2016	74	18,621	163,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,157	165,655	292
Dec 31, 2018	74	19,698	167,358	293
Dec 31, 2019	75	20,242	169,045	294
Dec 31, 2020	75	20,788	170,709	294
Dec 31, 2021	76	21,336	172,354	295
Dec 31, 2022	76	21,889	174,217	295

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, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.