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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	Benin	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	70	6,461	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	71	6,677	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	71	6,902	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	72	7,130	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	72	7,360	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	72	7,589	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	72	7,838	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	72	8,089	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	72	8,335	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	73	8,603	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	73	8,884	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	73	9,179	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	73	9,486	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	73	9,805	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	73	10,135	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	73	10,480	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	74	10,842	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	74	11,220	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	74	11,613	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	74	12,018	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	75	12,370	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	75	12,725	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	76	13,081	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	76	13,439	174,217

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