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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	Mali	Bangladesh	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	132,907	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	135,207	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	137,420	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	139,573	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	141,650	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	143,644	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	145,546	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	147,376	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	149,047	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	150,562	283
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	152,189	285
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	153,927	286
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	155,634	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	157,326	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	158,999	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	160,650	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	162,273	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	163,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	165,655	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	167,358	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	169,045	294
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	170,709	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	172,354	295
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	174,217	295

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.

All data sources

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