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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	387	132,907	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	390	135,207	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	393	137,420	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	396	139,573	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	398	141,650	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	401	143,644	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	404	145,546	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	405	147,376	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	406	149,047	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	409	150,562	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	412	152,189	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	414	153,927	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	416	155,634	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	420	157,326	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	426	158,999	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	435	160,650	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	445	162,273	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	455	163,938	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	468	165,655	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	485	167,358	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	504	169,045	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	516	170,709	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	518	172,354	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	530	174,217	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.