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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	Ecuador	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	12,268	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	12,446	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	12,629	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	12,827	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	13,074	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	13,368	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	13,661	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	13,915	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	14,133	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	14,352	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	14,569	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	14,786	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	15,002	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	15,218	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	15,433	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	15,647	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	15,860	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	16,072	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	16,282	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	16,489	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	16,693	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	16,894	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	17,093	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	17,288	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

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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