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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Indonesia	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	70	208,105	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	71	211,408	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	71	214,475	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	72	217,516	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	72	220,549	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	72	224,473	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	72	227,534	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	72	230,739	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	72	233,918	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	73	237,056	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	73	240,140	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	73	243,171	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	73	246,150	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	73	249,086	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	73	251,947	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	73	254,702	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	74	257,351	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	74	259,906	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	74	262,379	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	74	264,789	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	75	267,142	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	75	269,437	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	76	271,674	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	76	273,409	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

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.