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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	North Korea	Oman	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	22,594	2,348	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	22,785	2,403	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	22,977	2,457	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	23,165	2,510	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	23,330	2,562	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	23,477	2,613	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	23,621	2,663	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	23,764	2,713	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	23,908	2,764	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	24,051	2,816	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	24,191	2,871	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	24,326	2,928	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	24,457	2,986	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	24,589	3,047	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	24,720	3,110	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	24,852	3,174	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	24,983	3,240	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	25,115	3,307	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	25,248	3,375	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	25,381	3,444	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	25,497	3,512	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	25,608	3,582	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	25,711	3,651	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	25,808	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.

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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

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

Bangladesh

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

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