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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	Malta	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	108,171	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.

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 Malta, Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.