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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 TunisiaBangladeshBarbados
9,417132,907273
9,514135,207274
9,613137,420275
9,711139,573276
9,810141,650278
9,906143,644279
9,997145,546280
10,087147,376281
10,178149,047282
10,274150,562283
10,377152,189285
10,491153,927286
10,612155,634287
10,737157,326288
10,866158,999289
10,996160,650290
11,124162,273291
11,248163,938291
11,365165,655292
11,477167,358293
11,583169,045294
11,681170,709294
11,772172,354295
11,862174,217295

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