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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Tanzania	Romania	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	32,912	22,414	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	33,953	22,262	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	34,974	22,106	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	36,021	21,931	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	37,100	21,828	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	38,167	21,704	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	39,262	21,571	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	40,387	21,443	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	41,557	21,129	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	42,741	20,779	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	43,889	20,607	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	45,132	20,485	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	46,531	20,385	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	47,965	20,296	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	49,437	20,224	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	50,965	20,151	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	52,604	20,055	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	54,336	19,938	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	56,062	19,823	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	57,765	19,713	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	59,465	19,622	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	61,191	19,496	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	62,944	19,351	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	64,835	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.