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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Bangladesh	Jordan
Dec 31, 1999	387	132,907	4,591
Dec 31, 2000	390	135,207	4,700
Dec 31, 2001	393	137,420	4,811
Dec 31, 2002	396	139,573	4,923
Dec 31, 2003	398	141,650	5,037
Dec 31, 2004	401	143,644	5,161
Dec 31, 2005	404	145,546	5,295
Dec 31, 2006	405	147,376	5,765
Dec 31, 2007	406	149,047	6,243
Dec 31, 2008	409	150,562	6,397
Dec 31, 2009	412	152,189	6,538
Dec 31, 2010	414	153,927	6,680
Dec 31, 2011	416	155,634	6,840
Dec 31, 2012	420	157,326	6,952
Dec 31, 2013	426	158,999	7,706
Dec 31, 2014	435	160,650	8,839
Dec 31, 2015	445	162,273	9,506
Dec 31, 2016	455	163,938	9,863
Dec 31, 2017	468	165,655	10,066
Dec 31, 2018	485	167,358	10,273
Dec 31, 2019	504	169,045	10,480
Dec 31, 2020	516	170,709	10,628
Dec 31, 2021	518	172,354	10,716
Dec 31, 2022	530	174,217	10,849

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

Jordan

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
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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