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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date SeychellesParaguayBangladesh
785,366132,907
795,473135,207
805,579137,420
815,683139,573
825,786141,650
835,886143,644
845,984145,546
856,080147,376
866,173149,047
876,264150,562
876,352152,189
886,438153,927
896,522155,634
906,605157,326
916,688158,999
926,769160,650
926,850162,273
936,930163,938
947,012165,655
957,095167,358
967,179169,045
977,263170,709
987,348172,354
987,432174,217

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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.