Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Dominica	Laos	Oman	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	70	5,286	2,348	387
Dec 31, 2000	71	5,397	2,403	390
Dec 31, 2001	71	5,499	2,457	393
Dec 31, 2002	72	5,578	2,510	396
Dec 31, 2003	72	5,654	2,562	398
Dec 31, 2004	72	5,746	2,613	401
Dec 31, 2005	72	5,836	2,663	404
Dec 31, 2006	72	5,931	2,713	405
Dec 31, 2007	72	6,035	2,764	406
Dec 31, 2008	73	6,145	2,816	409
Dec 31, 2009	73	6,257	2,871	412
Dec 31, 2010	73	6,368	2,928	414
Dec 31, 2011	73	6,477	2,986	416
Dec 31, 2012	73	6,586	3,047	420
Dec 31, 2013	73	6,695	3,110	426
Dec 31, 2014	73	6,804	3,174	435
Dec 31, 2015	74	6,912	3,240	445
Dec 31, 2016	74	7,019	3,307	455
Dec 31, 2017	74	7,127	3,375	468
Dec 31, 2018	74	7,234	3,444	485
Dec 31, 2019	75	7,343	3,512	504
Dec 31, 2020	75	7,452	3,582	516
Dec 31, 2021	76	7,560	3,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	76	7,666	3,696	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 Dominica, Laos, Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.