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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nepal	Albania	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	3,085	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	3,065	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	3,047	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	3,038	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	3,026	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	3,014	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	2,998	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	2,979	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	2,957	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	2,934	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	2,915	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	2,900	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	2,892	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	2,888	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	2,882	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	2,876	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	2,868	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	2,863	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	2,861	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	2,854	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	2,842	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	2,825	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	2,799	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	2,787	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 Nepal, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.