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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	Malta	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	11,075	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	11,405	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	11,828	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	12,380	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	12,829	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	13,178	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	13,540	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	13,917	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	14,309	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	14,722	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	15,152	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	15,600	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	16,064	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	16,563	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	17,072	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	17,575	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	18,094	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	18,621	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	19,157	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	19,698	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	20,242	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	20,788	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	21,336	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	21,889	174,217

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

Bangladesh

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

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