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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	387	132,907	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	390	135,207	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	393	137,420	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	396	139,573	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	398	141,650	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	401	143,644	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	404	145,546	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	405	147,376	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	406	149,047	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	409	150,562	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	412	152,189	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	414	153,927	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	416	155,634	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	420	157,326	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	426	158,999	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	435	160,650	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	445	162,273	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	455	163,938	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	468	165,655	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	485	167,358	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	504	169,045	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	516	170,709	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	518	172,354	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	530	174,217	31,845

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, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.