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

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