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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	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	387	132,907	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	390	135,207	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	393	137,420	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	396	139,573	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	398	141,650	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	401	143,644	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	404	145,546	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	405	147,376	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	406	149,047	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	409	150,562	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	412	152,189	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	414	153,927	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	416	155,634	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	420	157,326	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	426	158,999	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	435	160,650	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	445	162,273	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	455	163,938	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	468	165,655	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	485	167,358	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	504	169,045	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	516	170,709	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	518	172,354	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	530	174,217	9,188

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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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