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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	Cameroon	Bangladesh	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	132,907	387
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	135,207	390
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	137,420	393
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	139,573	396
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	141,650	398
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	143,644	401
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	145,546	404
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	147,376	405
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	149,047	406
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	150,562	409
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	152,189	412
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	153,927	414
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	155,634	416
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	157,326	420
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	158,999	426
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	160,650	435
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	162,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	163,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	165,655	468
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	167,358	485
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	169,045	504
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	170,709	516
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	172,354	518
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	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 Cameroon, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.