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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	387	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	390	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	393	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	396	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	398	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	401	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	404	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	405	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	406	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	409	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	412	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	414	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	416	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	420	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	426	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	435	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	445	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	455	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	468	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	485	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	504	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	516	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	518	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	530	7,666

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

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Malta, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.