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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	Sudan	Bangladesh	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	132,907	152
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	135,207	153
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	137,420	154
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	139,573	155
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	141,650	156
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	143,644	157
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	145,546	157
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	147,376	158
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	149,047	159
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	150,562	160
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	152,189	160
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	153,927	161
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	155,634	162
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	157,326	162
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	158,999	163
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	160,650	163
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	162,273	164
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	163,938	164
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	165,655	165
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	167,358	166
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	169,045	166
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	170,709	167
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	172,354	167
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	174,217	167

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