Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

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	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	387	132,907	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	390	135,207	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	393	137,420	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	396	139,573	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	398	141,650	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	401	143,644	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	404	145,546	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	405	147,376	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	406	149,047	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	409	150,562	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	412	152,189	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	414	153,927	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	416	155,634	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	420	157,326	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	426	158,999	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	435	160,650	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	445	162,273	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	455	163,938	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	468	165,655	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	485	167,358	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	504	169,045	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	516	170,709	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	518	172,354	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	530	174,217	4,713

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

Lebanon

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.