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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	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	422
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	430
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	438
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	447
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	455
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	463
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	471
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	478
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	486
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	494
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	501
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	516
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	524
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	531
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	539
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	546
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	553
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	562
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	568
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	574
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	580
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	585
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	590

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, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.