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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	Malta	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	387	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	390	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	393	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	396	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	398	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	401	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	404	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	405	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	406	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	409	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	412	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	414	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	416	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	420	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	426	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	435	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	445	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	455	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	468	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	485	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	504	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	516	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	518	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	530	3,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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