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

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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