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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 SudanBangladeshBarbados
26,168132,907273
26,771135,207274
27,387137,420275
28,017139,573276
28,662141,650278
29,321143,644279
29,996145,546280
30,686147,376281
31,393149,047282
32,137150,562283
33,078152,189285
33,891153,927286
34,568155,634287
35,293157,326288
36,093158,999289
37,058160,650290
38,165162,273291
39,294163,938291
40,512165,655292
41,764167,358293
42,952169,045294
44,121170,709294
45,290172,354295
46,498174,217295

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 Sudan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.