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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	387	433
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	390	438
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	393	443
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	396	448
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	398	454
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	401	460
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	404	467
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	405	474
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	406	482
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	409	491
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	412	500
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	414	509
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	416	521
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	420	533
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	426	547
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	435	560
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	445	571
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	455	586
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	468	599
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	485	610
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	504	623
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	516	633
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	518	643
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	530	651

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 Malta, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.