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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	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	433	132,907	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	438	135,207	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	443	137,420	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	448	139,573	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	454	141,650	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	460	143,644	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	467	145,546	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	474	147,376	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	482	149,047	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	491	150,562	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	500	152,189	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	509	153,927	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	521	155,634	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	533	157,326	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	547	158,999	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	560	160,650	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	571	162,273	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	586	163,938	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	599	165,655	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	610	167,358	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	623	169,045	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	633	170,709	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	643	172,354	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	651	174,217	7,666

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