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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	Saudi Arabia	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	433	19,964	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	438	20,426	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	443	20,956	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	448	21,549	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	454	22,189	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	460	22,850	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	467	23,516	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	474	24,178	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	482	24,841	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	491	25,518	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	500	26,227	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	509	27,068	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	521	27,810	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	533	28,516	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	547	29,220	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	560	29,936	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	571	30,646	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	586	31,360	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	599	32,184	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	610	32,869	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	623	33,661	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	633	34,542	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	643	33,651	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	651	34,081	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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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