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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	Philippines	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	79,346	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	81,131	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	83,023	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	84,876	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	86,697	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	88,568	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	90,418	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	92,253	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	94,098	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	95,923	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	97,627	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	99,317	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	100,999	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	102,618	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	104,299	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	106,076	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	107,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	109,493	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	111,094	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	112,843	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	114,636	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	117,026	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	119,473	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	121,234	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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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