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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Chile	Bangladesh	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	132,907	387
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	135,207	390
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	137,420	393
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	139,573	396
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	141,650	398
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	143,644	401
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	145,546	404
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	147,376	405
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	149,047	406
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	150,562	409
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	152,189	412
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	153,927	414
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	155,634	416
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	157,326	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	158,999	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	160,650	435
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	162,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	163,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	165,655	468
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	167,358	485
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	169,045	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	170,709	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	172,354	518
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	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.

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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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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