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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	Laos	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	5,286	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	5,397	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	5,499	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	5,578	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	5,654	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	5,746	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	5,836	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	5,931	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	6,035	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	6,145	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	6,257	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	6,368	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	6,477	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	6,586	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	6,695	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	6,804	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	6,912	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	7,019	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	7,127	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	7,234	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	7,343	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	7,452	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	7,560	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	7,666	108,171

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