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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	Qatar	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	387	627	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	390	659	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	393	691	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	396	724	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	398	757	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	401	850	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,001	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,153	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,306	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,460	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,615	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,770	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,904	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,010	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,103	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,187	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,261	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,326	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,384	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,435	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,480	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,519	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,553	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,559	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.

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