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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Portugal	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	10,144	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	10,215	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	10,288	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	10,344	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	10,383	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	10,408	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	10,427	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	10,446	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	10,467	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	10,482	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	10,492	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	10,497	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	10,481	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	10,439	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	10,382	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	10,326	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	10,283	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	10,251	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	10,226	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	10,209	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	10,212	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	10,223	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	10,214	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	10,200	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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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