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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	Bangladesh	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	152	132,907	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	153	135,207	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	154	137,420	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	155	139,573	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	156	141,650	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	157	143,644	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	157	145,546	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	158	147,376	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	159	149,047	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	160	150,562	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	160	152,189	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	161	153,927	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	162	155,634	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	162	157,326	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	163	158,999	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	163	160,650	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	164	162,273	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	164	163,938	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	165	165,655	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	166	167,358	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	166	169,045	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	167	170,709	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	167	172,354	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	167	174,217	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.