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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	Senegal	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	10,070	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	10,305	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	10,576	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	10,864	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	11,172	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	11,498	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	11,839	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	12,204	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	12,584	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	12,978	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	13,382	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	13,794	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	14,226	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	14,668	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	15,121	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	15,589	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	16,066	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	16,549	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	17,044	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	17,535	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	18,021	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	18,518	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	19,016	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	19,512	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 Senegal, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.