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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	Sudan	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	138	26,168	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	141	26,771	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	144	27,387	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	147	28,017	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	151	28,662	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	154	29,321	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	158	29,996	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	161	30,686	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	165	31,393	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	168	32,137	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	172	33,078	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	176	33,891	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	180	34,568	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	183	35,293	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	187	36,093	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	190	37,058	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	194	38,165	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	198	39,294	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	201	40,512	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	204	41,764	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	208	42,952	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	212	44,121	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	216	45,290	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	220	46,498	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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.