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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	Bangladesh	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	433	132,907	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	438	135,207	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	443	137,420	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	448	139,573	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	454	141,650	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	460	143,644	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	467	145,546	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	474	147,376	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	482	149,047	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	491	150,562	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	500	152,189	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	509	153,927	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	521	155,634	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	533	157,326	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	547	158,999	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	560	160,650	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	571	162,273	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	586	163,938	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	599	165,655	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	610	167,358	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	623	169,045	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	633	170,709	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	643	172,354	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	651	174,217	2,787

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, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.