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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	387	132,907	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	390	135,207	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	393	137,420	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	396	139,573	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	398	141,650	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	401	143,644	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	404	145,546	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	405	147,376	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	406	149,047	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	409	150,562	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	412	152,189	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	414	153,927	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	416	155,634	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	420	157,326	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	426	158,999	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	435	160,650	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	445	162,273	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	455	163,938	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	468	165,655	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	485	167,358	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	504	169,045	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	516	170,709	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	518	172,354	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	530	174,217	31,058

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