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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Spain	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	40,378	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	40,563	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	40,775	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	41,433	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	42,205	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	42,869	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	43,672	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	44,370	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	45,246	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	45,993	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	46,378	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	46,573	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	46,746	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	46,777	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	46,603	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	46,465	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	46,420	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	46,460	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	46,543	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	46,739	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	47,116	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	47,366	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	47,342	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	47,625	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

Spain

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
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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