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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	Malta	Bangladesh	Greece
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	132,907	10,618
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	135,207	10,662
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	137,420	10,718
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	139,573	10,757
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	141,650	10,783
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	143,644	10,809
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	145,546	10,841
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	147,376	10,874
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	149,047	10,901
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	150,562	10,930
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	152,189	10,959
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	153,927	10,973
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	155,634	10,957
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	157,326	10,898
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	158,999	10,819
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	160,650	10,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	162,273	10,677
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	163,938	10,633
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	165,655	10,612
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	167,358	10,590
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	169,045	10,579
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	170,709	10,556
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	172,354	10,499
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	174,217	10,437

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

Greece

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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