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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	Romania	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	22,414	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	22,262	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	22,106	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	21,931	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	21,828	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	21,704	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	21,571	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	21,443	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	21,129	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	20,779	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	20,607	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	20,485	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	20,385	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	20,296	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	20,224	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	20,151	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	20,055	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	19,938	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	19,823	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	19,713	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	19,622	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	19,496	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	19,351	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	19,266	295	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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