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

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.