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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	Oman	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	387	132,907	2,348	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	390	135,207	2,403	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	393	137,420	2,457	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	396	139,573	2,510	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	398	141,650	2,562	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	401	143,644	2,613	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	404	145,546	2,663	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	405	147,376	2,713	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	406	149,047	2,764	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	409	150,562	2,816	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	412	152,189	2,871	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	414	153,927	2,928	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	416	155,634	2,986	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	420	157,326	3,047	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	426	158,999	3,110	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	435	160,650	3,174	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	445	162,273	3,240	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	455	163,938	3,307	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	468	165,655	3,375	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	485	167,358	3,444	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	504	169,045	3,512	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	516	170,709	3,582	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	518	172,354	3,651	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	530	174,217	3,696	7,432

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

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