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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	Laos	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	10,099

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 Malta, Laos, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.