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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	Yemen	Bangladesh	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	132,907	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	135,207	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	137,420	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	139,573	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	141,650	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	143,644	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	145,546	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	147,376	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	149,047	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	150,562	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	152,189	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	153,927	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	155,634	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	157,326	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	158,999	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	160,650	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	162,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	163,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	165,655	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	167,358	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	169,045	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	170,709	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	172,354	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Barbados, Yemen, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.