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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	Tunisia	Oman	Bangladesh	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	2,348	132,907	387
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	2,403	135,207	390
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	2,457	137,420	393
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	2,510	139,573	396
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	2,562	141,650	398
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	2,613	143,644	401
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	2,663	145,546	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	2,713	147,376	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	2,764	149,047	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	2,816	150,562	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	2,871	152,189	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	2,928	153,927	414
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	2,986	155,634	416
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	3,047	157,326	420
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	3,110	158,999	426
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	3,174	160,650	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	3,240	162,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	3,307	163,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	3,375	165,655	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	3,444	167,358	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	3,512	169,045	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	3,582	170,709	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	3,651	172,354	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	3,696	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.

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