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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date LuxembourgBangladeshAlbaniaRomania
433132,9073,08522,414
438135,2073,06522,262
443137,4203,04722,106
448139,5733,03821,931
454141,6503,02621,828
460143,6443,01421,704
467145,5462,99821,571
474147,3762,97921,443
482149,0472,95721,129
491150,5622,93420,779
500152,1892,91520,607
509153,9272,90020,485
521155,6342,89220,385
533157,3262,88820,296
547158,9992,88220,224
560160,6502,87620,151
571162,2732,86820,055
586163,9382,86319,938
599165,6552,86119,823
610167,3582,85419,713
623169,0452,84219,622
633170,7092,82519,496
643172,3542,79919,351
651174,2172,78719,266

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.

All data sources

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Luxembourg, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.