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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	Afghanistan	Bangladesh	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	132,907	387
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	135,207	390
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	137,420	393
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	139,573	396
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	141,650	398
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	143,644	401
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	145,546	404
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	147,376	405
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	149,047	406
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	150,562	409
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	152,189	412
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	153,927	414
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	155,634	416
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	157,326	420
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	158,999	426
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	160,650	435
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	162,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	163,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	165,655	468
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	167,358	485
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	169,045	504
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	170,709	516
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	172,354	518
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	174,217	530

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.

All data sources

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 Afghanistan, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.