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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Bangladesh	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	132,907	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	135,207	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	137,420	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	139,573	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	141,650	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	143,644	401
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	145,546	404
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	147,376	405
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	149,047	406
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	150,562	409
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	152,189	412
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	153,927	414
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	155,634	416
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	157,326	420
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	158,999	426
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	160,650	435
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	162,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	163,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	165,655	468
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	167,358	485
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	169,045	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	170,709	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	172,354	518
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.