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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ethiopia	Sudan	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	63,575	26,168	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	65,213	26,771	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	66,889	27,387	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	68,649	28,017	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	70,491	28,662	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	72,389	29,321	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	74,327	29,996	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	76,326	30,686	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	78,411	31,393	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	80,564	32,137	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	82,787	33,078	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	85,096	33,891	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	87,530	34,568	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	90,066	35,293	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	92,632	36,093	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	95,337	37,058	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	98,114	38,165	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	100,858	39,294	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	103,654	40,512	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	106,466	41,764	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	109,267	42,952	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	112,100	44,121	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	114,964	45,290	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	117,924	46,498	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 Ethiopia, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.