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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 São Tomé & PríncipeLuxembourgBangladesh
138433132,907
141438135,207
144443137,420
147448139,573
151454141,650
154460143,644
158467145,546
161474147,376
165482149,047
168491150,562
172500152,189
176509153,927
180521155,634
183533157,326
187547158,999
190560160,650
194571162,273
198586163,938
201599165,655
204610167,358
208623169,045
212633170,709
216643172,354
220651174,217

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.