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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	Barbados	Laos	Cambodia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	12,122	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	12,317	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	12,504	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	12,691	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	12,881	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	13,076	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	13,276	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	13,461	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	13,630	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	13,808	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	13,990	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	14,162	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	14,322	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	14,480	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	14,637	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	14,793	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	14,994	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	15,238	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	15,480	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	15,717	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	15,944	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	16,149	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	16,338	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	16,514	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

No separate list is published for Barbados, Laos, Cambodia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.