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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	Lebanon	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	3,460	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	3,499	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	3,554	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	3,610	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	3,665	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	3,721	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	3,777	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	3,853	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	3,954	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	4,036	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	4,082	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	4,097	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	4,115	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	4,206	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	4,696	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	5,365	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	5,640	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	5,688	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	5,680	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	5,562	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	5,331	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	4,986	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	4,802	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	4,713	174,217

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

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.