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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Qatar	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	138	627	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	141	659	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	144	691	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	147	724	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	151	757	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	154	850	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	158	1,001	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	161	1,153	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	165	1,306	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	168	1,460	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	172	1,615	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	176	1,770	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	180	1,904	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	183	2,010	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	187	2,103	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	190	2,187	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	194	2,261	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	198	2,326	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	201	2,384	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	204	2,435	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	208	2,480	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	212	2,519	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	216	2,553	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	220	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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.