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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Bangladesh	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	387	132,907	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	390	135,207	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	393	137,420	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	396	139,573	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	398	141,650	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	401	143,644	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	404	145,546	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	405	147,376	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	406	149,047	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	409	150,562	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	412	152,189	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	414	153,927	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	416	155,634	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	420	157,326	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	426	158,999	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	435	160,650	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	445	162,273	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	455	163,938	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	468	165,655	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	485	167,358	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	504	169,045	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	516	170,709	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	518	172,354	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	530	174,217	19,715

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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