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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MaltaJapanBangladesh
387126,512132,907
390126,755135,207
393127,056137,420
396127,324139,573
398127,558141,650
401127,658143,644
404127,679145,546
405127,762147,376
406127,904149,047
409127,969150,562
412127,958152,189
414127,967153,927
416127,755155,634
420127,476157,326
426127,257158,999
435127,186160,650
445127,034162,273
455126,857163,938
468126,631165,655
485126,368167,358
504126,092169,045
516125,634170,709
518125,427172,354
530124,762174,217

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.

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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

Japan

  • 724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
  • 1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

Bangladesh

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

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