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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	Poland	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	38,358	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	38,344	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	38,339	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	38,320	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	38,283	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	38,268	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	38,249	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	38,220	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	38,204	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	38,204	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	38,572	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	38,606	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	38,615	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	38,623	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	38,591	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	38,573	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	38,544	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	38,516	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	38,511	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	38,502	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	38,475	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	38,443	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	38,250	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	37,914	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

Poland

1409–1913: Malinowski, M. and Van Zanden (2017), “National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective” Cliometrica, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–40
1913-1929: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1929-1938: K. Laski, Akumulacja i spozycie w procesie uprzemyslowienia Polski Ludowej, Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 1956, pp. 86-90
1937-1950: T.P. Alton (1970), p. 46,

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