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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	Saudi Arabia	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	387	19,964	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	390	20,426	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	393	20,956	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,549	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	398	22,189	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	401	22,850	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	404	23,516	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	405	24,178	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	406	24,841	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	409	25,518	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	412	26,227	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	414	27,068	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	416	27,810	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	420	28,516	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	426	29,220	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	435	29,936	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	445	30,646	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	455	31,360	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	468	32,184	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	485	32,869	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	504	33,661	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	516	34,542	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	518	33,651	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	530	34,081	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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.