Population, long-run history: compare countries

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

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