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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Brazil	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	174,320	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	176,902	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	179,389	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	181,721	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	183,970	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	186,165	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	188,330	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	190,438	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	192,450	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	194,458	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	196,464	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	198,408	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	200,152	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	201,894	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	203,614	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	205,358	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	207,148	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	208,859	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	210,537	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	212,258	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	213,940	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	215,577	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	216,720	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	217,718	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.

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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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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