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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 2002	395,969	12,680,897	5,610,889
Dec 31, 2003	398,582	13,082,532	5,697,945
Dec 31, 2004	401,268	13,500,533	5,781,626
Dec 31, 2005	403,834	13,932,123	5,869,523
Dec 31, 2006	405,308	14,373,707	5,963,200
Dec 31, 2007	406,724	14,816,307	6,056,236
Dec 31, 2008	409,379	15,258,093	6,148,969
Dec 31, 2009	412,477	15,710,066	6,241,642
Dec 31, 2010	414,508	16,176,498	6,334,194
Dec 31, 2011	416,268	16,661,908	6,426,590
Dec 31, 2012	420,028	17,172,287	6,518,978
Dec 31, 2013	424,810	17,695,409	6,611,385
Dec 31, 2014	433,481	18,229,461	6,703,172
Dec 31, 2015	444,220	18,777,487	6,801,645
Dec 31, 2016	454,505	19,334,856	6,908,802
Dec 31, 2017	467,106	19,894,407	7,018,147
Dec 31, 2018	483,903	20,438,288	7,128,045
Dec 31, 2019	503,912	20,961,952	7,237,636
Dec 31, 2020	515,490	21,478,690	7,346,533
Dec 31, 2021	518,150	21,995,243	7,453,194
Dec 31, 2022	531,113	22,509,038	7,559,007
Dec 31, 2023	552,747	23,025,776	7,664,993
Dec 31, 2024	568,847	23,548,781	7,769,819
Dec 31, 2025	579,704	24,074,580	7,873,046