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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	South Korea	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	46,617	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	47,008	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	47,370	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	47,645	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	47,892	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	48,083	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	48,185	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	48,438	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	48,684	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	49,055	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	49,308	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	49,554	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	49,937	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	50,200	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	50,429	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	50,747	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	51,015	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	51,218	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	51,362	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	51,585	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	51,765	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	51,836	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	51,745	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	51,731	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

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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