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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Bangladesh	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	132,907	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	135,207	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	137,420	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	139,573	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	141,650	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	143,644	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	145,546	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	147,376	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	149,047	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	150,562	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	152,189	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	153,927	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	155,634	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	157,326	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	158,999	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	160,650	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	162,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	163,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	165,655	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	167,358	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	169,045	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	170,709	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	172,354	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	174,217	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

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.