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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	Paraguay	São Tomé & Príncipe	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	138	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	141	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	144	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	147	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	151	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	154	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	158	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	161	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	165	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	168	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	172	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	176	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	180	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	183	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	187	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	190	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	194	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	198	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	201	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	204	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	208	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	212	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	216	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	220	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 Paraguay, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.