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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	Qatar	Bangladesh	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	627	132,907	387
Dec 31, 2000	659	135,207	390
Dec 31, 2001	691	137,420	393
Dec 31, 2002	724	139,573	396
Dec 31, 2003	757	141,650	398
Dec 31, 2004	850	143,644	401
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	145,546	404
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	147,376	405
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	149,047	406
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	150,562	409
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	152,189	412
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	153,927	414
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	155,634	416
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	157,326	420
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	158,999	426
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	160,650	435
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	162,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	163,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	165,655	468
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	167,358	485
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	169,045	504
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	170,709	516
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	172,354	518
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	174,217	530

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