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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	Estonia	Oman	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	70	1,378	2,348	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	71	1,400	2,403	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	71	1,391	2,457	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	72	1,382	2,510	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	72	1,374	2,562	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	72	1,365	2,613	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	72	1,357	2,663	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	72	1,349	2,713	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	72	1,341	2,764	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	73	1,337	2,816	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	73	1,334	2,871	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	73	1,332	2,928	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	73	1,328	2,986	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	73	1,324	3,047	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	73	1,319	3,110	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	73	1,314	3,174	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	74	1,312	3,240	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	74	1,314	3,307	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	74	1,314	3,375	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	74	1,318	3,444	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	75	1,323	3,512	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	75	1,327	3,582	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	76	1,329	3,651	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	76	1,330	3,696	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.

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