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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	St. Lucia	Barbados	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	152	273	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	153	274	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	154	275	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	155	276	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	156	278	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	157	279	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	157	280	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	158	281	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	159	282	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	160	283	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	160	285	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	161	286	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	162	287	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	162	288	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	163	289	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	163	290	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	164	291	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	164	291	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	165	292	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	166	293	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	166	294	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	167	294	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	167	295	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	167	295	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 St. Lucia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.