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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	Mali	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	10,596	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	10,833	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	10,890	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	11,007	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	11,307	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	11,579	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	11,804	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	12,043	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	12,337	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	12,657	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	12,986	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	13,325	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	13,679	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	14,040	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	14,412	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	14,803	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	15,210	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	15,629	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	16,060	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	16,507	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	16,967	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	17,442	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	17,930	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	18,494	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, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.