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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	Puerto Rico	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	433	3,800	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	438	3,811	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	443	3,819	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	448	3,824	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	454	3,826	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	460	3,827	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	467	3,822	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	474	3,805	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	482	3,783	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	491	3,761	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	500	3,741	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	509	3,722	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	521	3,679	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	533	3,636	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	547	3,589	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	560	3,534	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	571	3,473	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	586	3,411	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	599	3,352	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	610	3,295	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	623	3,268	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	633	3,247	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	643	3,232	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	651	3,228	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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.