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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	Palestinian Territories	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	2,996	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	3,075	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	3,155	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	3,235	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	3,315	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	3,396	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	3,478	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	3,559	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	3,642	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	3,727	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	3,817	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	3,907	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	3,997	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	4,088	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	4,178	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	4,269	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	4,359	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	4,451	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	4,533	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	4,615	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	4,715	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	4,820	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	4,930	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	5,042	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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.