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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	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	387	132,907	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	390	135,207	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	393	137,420	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	396	139,573	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	398	141,650	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	401	143,644	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	404	145,546	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	405	147,376	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	406	149,047	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	409	150,562	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	412	152,189	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	414	153,927	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	416	155,634	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	420	157,326	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	426	158,999	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	435	160,650	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	445	162,273	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	455	163,938	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	468	165,655	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	485	167,358	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	504	169,045	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	516	170,709	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	518	172,354	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	530	174,217	21,889	7,666

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, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.