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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Romania	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	387	51,181	22,414	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	390	52,782	22,262	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	393	54,453	22,106	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	396	56,170	21,931	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,860	21,828	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	401	59,599	21,704	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	404	61,474	21,571	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,479	21,443	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	406	65,590	21,129	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	409	67,800	20,779	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	412	70,114	20,607	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	414	72,550	20,485	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	416	75,138	20,385	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	420	77,792	20,296	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	426	80,534	20,224	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	435	83,368	20,151	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	445	86,229	20,055	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	455	89,193	19,938	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	468	92,209	19,823	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	485	95,232	19,713	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	504	98,320	19,622	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	516	101,499	19,496	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	518	104,767	19,351	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	530	108,171	19,266	174,217

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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