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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	Yemen	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	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 Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.