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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	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	11,075	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	11,405	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	11,828	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	12,380	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	12,829	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	13,178	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	13,540	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	13,917	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	14,309	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	14,722	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	15,152	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	15,600	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	16,064	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	16,563	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	17,072	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	17,575	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	18,094	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	18,621	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	19,157	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	19,698	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	20,242	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	20,788	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	21,336	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	21,889	295	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 Burkina Faso, Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.