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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Uganda	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	23,408	387
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	24,195	390
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	24,992	393
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	25,846	396
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	26,661	398
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	27,414	401
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	28,200	404
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	29,021	405
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	29,846	406
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	30,647	409
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	31,469	412
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	32,343	414
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	33,257	416
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	34,234	420
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	35,271	426
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	36,419	435
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	37,673	445
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	39,157	455
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	40,879	468
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	42,329	485
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	43,639	504
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	45,120	516
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	46,645	518
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	48,065	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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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