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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	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	34,280

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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Malta, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.