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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Bangladesh	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	387	132,907	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	390	135,207	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	393	137,420	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	396	139,573	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	398	141,650	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	401	143,644	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	404	145,546	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	405	147,376	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	406	149,047	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	409	150,562	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	412	152,189	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	414	153,927	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	416	155,634	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	420	157,326	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	426	158,999	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	435	160,650	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	445	162,273	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	455	163,938	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	468	165,655	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	485	167,358	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	504	169,045	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	516	170,709	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	518	172,354	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	530	174,217	10,200

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

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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