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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	Barbados	Bangladesh	Germany	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	81,439	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	81,474	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	81,534	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	81,595	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	81,566	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	81,473	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	81,354	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	81,190	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	81,009	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	80,781	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	80,500	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	80,301	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	80,292	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	80,443	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	80,663	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	81,000	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	81,704	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	82,366	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	82,674	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	82,923	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	83,110	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	83,178	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	83,213	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	83,811	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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.