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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	387	132,907	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	390	135,207	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	393	137,420	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	396	139,573	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	398	141,650	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	401	143,644	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	404	145,546	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	405	147,376	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	406	149,047	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	409	150,562	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	412	152,189	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	414	153,927	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	416	155,634	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	420	157,326	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	426	158,999	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	435	160,650	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	445	162,273	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	455	163,938	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	468	165,655	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	485	167,358	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	504	169,045	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	516	170,709	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	518	172,354	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	530	174,217	19,512

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