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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	Qatar	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	78	627	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	79	659	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	80	691	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	81	724	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	82	757	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	83	850	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	84	1,001	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	85	1,153	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	86	1,306	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	87	1,460	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	87	1,615	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	88	1,770	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	89	1,904	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	90	2,010	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	91	2,103	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	92	2,187	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	92	2,261	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	93	2,326	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	94	2,384	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	95	2,435	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	96	2,480	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	97	2,519	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	98	2,553	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	98	2,559	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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.