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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	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	13,439

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, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.