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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	Moldova	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	4,244	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	4,199	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	4,154	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	4,108	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	4,059	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	4,013	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	3,966	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	3,919	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	3,873	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	3,829	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	3,788	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	3,748	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	3,709	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	3,671	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	3,633	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	3,595	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	3,558	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	3,522	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	3,485	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	3,448	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	3,412	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	3,376	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	3,339	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	3,570	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

Bangladesh

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

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