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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	433	132,907	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	438	135,207	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	443	137,420	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	448	139,573	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	454	141,650	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	460	143,644	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	467	145,546	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	474	147,376	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	482	149,047	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	491	150,562	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	500	152,189	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	509	153,927	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	521	155,634	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	533	157,326	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	547	158,999	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	560	160,650	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	571	162,273	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	586	163,938	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	599	165,655	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	610	167,358	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	623	169,045	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	633	170,709	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	643	172,354	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	651	174,217	18,494

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