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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	Oman	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,348	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,403	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,457	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,510	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,562	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,613	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,663	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,713	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,764	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,816	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,871	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,928	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,986	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,047	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,110	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,174	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,240	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,307	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,375	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,444	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,512	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,582	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,651	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,696	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

Bangladesh

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

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