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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	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	387	132,907	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	390	135,207	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	393	137,420	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	396	139,573	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	398	141,650	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	401	143,644	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	404	145,546	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	405	147,376	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	406	149,047	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	409	150,562	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	412	152,189	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	414	153,927	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	416	155,634	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	420	157,326	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	426	158,999	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	435	160,650	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	445	162,273	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	455	163,938	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	468	165,655	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	485	167,358	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	504	169,045	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	516	170,709	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	518	172,354	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	530	174,217	2,787	108,171

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, Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.