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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MaltaAlbaniaRomaniaBangladesh
3873,08522,414132,907
3903,06522,262135,207
3933,04722,106137,420
3963,03821,931139,573
3983,02621,828141,650
4013,01421,704143,644
4042,99821,571145,546
4052,97921,443147,376
4062,95721,129149,047
4092,93420,779150,562
4122,91520,607152,189
4142,90020,485153,927
4162,89220,385155,634
4202,88820,296157,326
4262,88220,224158,999
4352,87620,151160,650
4452,86820,055162,273
4552,86319,938163,938
4682,86119,823165,655
4852,85419,713167,358
5042,84219,622169,045
5162,82519,496170,709
5182,79919,351172,354
5302,78719,266174,217

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Bangladesh

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

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