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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	Guinea	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	7,610	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	7,780	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	7,821	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	7,906	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	8,121	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	8,317	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	8,478	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	8,650	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	8,860	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	9,091	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	9,327	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	9,571	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	9,825	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	10,084	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	10,351	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	10,632	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	10,924	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	11,225	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	11,534	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	11,855	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	12,160	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	12,469	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	12,778	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	13,087	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

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