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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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.