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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	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,348	132,907	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,403	135,207	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,457	137,420	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,510	139,573	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,562	141,650	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,613	143,644	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,663	145,546	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,713	147,376	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,764	149,047	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,816	150,562	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,871	152,189	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,928	153,927	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,986	155,634	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,047	157,326	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,110	158,999	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,174	160,650	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,240	162,273	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,307	163,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,375	165,655	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,444	167,358	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,512	169,045	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,582	170,709	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,651	172,354	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,696	174,217	295

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