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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	Slovenia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	1,998	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,004	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,006	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,009	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,010	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,011	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,015	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,022	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,033	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,036	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,056	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,063	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,067	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	2,071	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	2,074	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	2,076	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	2,078	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	2,079	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	2,081	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	2,087	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	2,104	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	2,118	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	2,123	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	2,124	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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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