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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	Türkiye
Dec 31, 1999	433	132,907	65,020
Dec 31, 2000	438	135,207	65,949
Dec 31, 2001	443	137,420	66,869
Dec 31, 2002	448	139,573	67,728
Dec 31, 2003	454	141,650	68,541
Dec 31, 2004	460	143,644	69,366
Dec 31, 2005	467	145,546	70,224
Dec 31, 2006	474	147,376	71,106
Dec 31, 2007	482	149,047	71,992
Dec 31, 2008	491	150,562	72,909
Dec 31, 2009	500	152,189	73,922
Dec 31, 2010	509	153,927	75,054
Dec 31, 2011	521	155,634	76,164
Dec 31, 2012	533	157,326	77,141
Dec 31, 2013	547	158,999	78,138
Dec 31, 2014	560	160,650	79,199
Dec 31, 2015	571	162,273	80,262
Dec 31, 2016	586	163,938	81,350
Dec 31, 2017	599	165,655	82,412
Dec 31, 2018	610	167,358	83,535
Dec 31, 2019	623	169,045	84,737
Dec 31, 2020	633	170,709	85,564
Dec 31, 2021	643	172,354	86,346
Dec 31, 2022	651	174,217	87,201

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

Türkiye

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
700 - 1820: Pamuk, Ş. and M. Shatzmiller (2011). “Real Wages and GDP per capita in the Medieval Islamic Middle East in Comparative Perspective, 700-1500”, paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Dublin, September 2-3, 2011; Milanovic, B. (2006), “An estimate of average income and inequality in Byzantium around year 1000,” Review of Income and Wealth 52 (3).
1500-1820: Pamuk, S. (2009). “Estimating GDP per capita for the Ottoman Empire in a European Comparative Framework, 1500-1820”, paper presented at the XVth World Economic History Congress, August 2009, Utrecht
182, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1923-48: T. Bulutay, Y.S. Tezel and N. Yielderim, Turkiye Milli Geliri 1923-1948, Ankara, 1974.

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