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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	Latvia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,386	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,363	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,333	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,306	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,284	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,259	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,235	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,215	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,197	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,174	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,138	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,093	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,055	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	2,030	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	2,009	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	1,991	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	1,974	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	1,956	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	1,938	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	1,923	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	1,910	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	1,897	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	1,880	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	1,883	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 Latvia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.