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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	Seychelles	Oman	Burkina Faso	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	78	2,348	11,075	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	79	2,403	11,405	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	80	2,457	11,828	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	81	2,510	12,380	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	82	2,562	12,829	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	83	2,613	13,178	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	84	2,663	13,540	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	85	2,713	13,917	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	86	2,764	14,309	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	87	2,816	14,722	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	87	2,871	15,152	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	88	2,928	15,600	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	89	2,986	16,064	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	90	3,047	16,563	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	91	3,110	17,072	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	92	3,174	17,575	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	92	3,240	18,094	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	93	3,307	18,621	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	94	3,375	19,157	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	95	3,444	19,698	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	96	3,512	20,242	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	97	3,582	20,788	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	98	3,651	21,336	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	98	3,696	21,889	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.

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 Seychelles, Oman, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.