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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	Poland	Bangladesh	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	38,358	132,907	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	38,344	135,207	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	38,339	137,420	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	38,320	139,573	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	38,283	141,650	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	38,268	143,644	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	38,249	145,546	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	38,220	147,376	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,204	149,047	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	38,204	150,562	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	38,572	152,189	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	38,606	153,927	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	38,615	155,634	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	38,623	157,326	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	38,591	158,999	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	38,573	160,650	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,544	162,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	38,516	163,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	38,511	165,655	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	38,502	167,358	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	38,475	169,045	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	38,443	170,709	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,250	172,354	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	37,914	174,217	530

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.