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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	Malta	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	22,414	387	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	22,262	390	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	22,106	393	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	21,931	396	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	21,828	398	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	21,704	401	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	21,571	404	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	21,443	405	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	21,129	406	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	20,779	409	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	20,607	412	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	20,485	414	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	20,385	416	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	20,296	420	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	20,224	426	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	20,151	435	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	20,055	445	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	19,938	455	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	19,823	468	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	19,713	485	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	19,622	504	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	19,496	516	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	19,351	518	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	19,266	530	295

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 Malta, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.