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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	Luxembourg	Afghanistan	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	433	22,206	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	438	22,461	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	443	22,507	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	448	23,600	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	454	25,005	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	460	25,698	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	467	26,335	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	474	27,154	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	482	27,387	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	491	27,706	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	500	28,484	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	509	29,121	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	521	29,758	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	533	30,420	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	547	31,108	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	560	31,823	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	571	32,564	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	586	33,332	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	599	34,125	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	610	34,941	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	623	35,972	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	633	37,034	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	643	38,127	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	651	39,252	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 Luxembourg, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.