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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	Poland	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	38,358	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	38,344	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	38,339	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	38,320	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	38,283	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	38,268	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	38,249	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	38,220	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	38,204	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	38,204	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	38,572	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	38,606	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	38,615	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	38,623	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	38,591	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	38,573	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	38,544	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	38,516	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	38,511	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	38,502	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	38,475	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	38,443	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	38,250	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	37,914	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

Poland

1409–1913: Malinowski, M. and Van Zanden (2017), “National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective” Cliometrica, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–40
1913-1929: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1929-1938: K. Laski, Akumulacja i spozycie w procesie uprzemyslowienia Polski Ludowej, Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 1956, pp. 86-90
1937-1950: T.P. Alton (1970), p. 46,

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.