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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Seychelles	Denmark	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	78	5,322	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	79	5,339	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	80	5,358	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	81	5,377	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	82	5,391	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	83	5,404	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	84	5,420	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	85	5,438	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	86	5,461	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	87	5,494	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	87	5,524	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	88	5,548	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	89	5,571	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	90	5,592	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	91	5,614	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	92	5,644	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	92	5,683	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	93	5,730	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	94	5,766	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	95	5,795	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	96	5,818	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	97	5,831	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	98	5,855	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	98	5,907	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 Seychelles, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.