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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	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	387	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	390	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	393	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	396	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	398	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	401	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	404	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	405	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	406	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	409	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	412	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	414	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	416	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	420	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	426	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	435	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	445	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	455	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	468	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	485	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	504	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	516	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	518	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	530	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.

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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

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.