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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	Oman	Sudan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	26,168	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	26,771	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	27,387	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	28,017	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	28,662	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	29,321	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	29,996	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	30,686	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	31,393	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	32,137	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	33,078	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	33,891	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	34,568	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	35,293	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	36,093	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	37,058	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	38,165	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	39,294	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	40,512	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	41,764	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	42,952	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	44,121	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	45,290	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	46,498	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

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