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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Jordan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	4,591	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	4,700	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	4,811	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	4,923	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	5,037	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	5,161	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	5,295	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	5,765	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	6,243	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	6,397	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	6,538	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	6,680	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	6,840	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	6,952	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	7,706	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	8,839	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	9,506	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	9,863	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	10,066	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	10,273	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	10,480	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	10,628	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	10,716	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	10,849	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

Jordan

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
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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