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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Venezuela	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

Bangladesh

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