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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	Qatar	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	627	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	659	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	691	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	724	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	757	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	850	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	1,001	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	1,153	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	1,306	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	1,460	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	1,615	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	1,770	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	1,904	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	2,010	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	2,103	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	2,187	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	2,261	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	2,326	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	2,384	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	2,435	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	2,480	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	2,519	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	2,553	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	2,559	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

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