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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	Saudi Arabia	Bangladesh	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	132,907	433
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	135,207	438
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	137,420	443
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	139,573	448
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	141,650	454
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	143,644	460
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	145,546	467
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	147,376	474
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	149,047	482
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	150,562	491
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	152,189	500
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	153,927	509
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	155,634	521
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	157,326	533
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	158,999	547
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	160,650	560
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	162,273	571
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	163,938	586
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	165,655	599
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	167,358	610
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	169,045	623
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	170,709	633
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	172,354	643
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	174,217	651

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.