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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	Türkiye	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	65,020	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	65,949	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	66,869	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	67,728	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	68,541	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	69,366	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	70,224	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	71,106	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	71,992	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	72,909	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	73,922	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	75,054	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	76,164	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	77,141	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	78,138	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	79,199	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	80,262	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	81,350	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	82,412	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	83,535	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	84,737	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	85,564	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	86,346	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	87,201	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

Türkiye

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
700 - 1820: Pamuk, Ş. and M. Shatzmiller (2011). “Real Wages and GDP per capita in the Medieval Islamic Middle East in Comparative Perspective, 700-1500”, paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Dublin, September 2-3, 2011; Milanovic, B. (2006), “An estimate of average income and inequality in Byzantium around year 1000,” Review of Income and Wealth 52 (3).
1500-1820: Pamuk, S. (2009). “Estimating GDP per capita for the Ottoman Empire in a European Comparative Framework, 1500-1820”, paper presented at the XVth World Economic History Congress, August 2009, Utrecht
182, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1923-48: T. Bulutay, Y.S. Tezel and N. Yielderim, Turkiye Milli Geliri 1923-1948, Ankara, 1974.

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.