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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	Honduras
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	6,198
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	6,367
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	6,535
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	6,698
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	6,863
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	7,028
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	7,194
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	7,359
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	7,522
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	7,682
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	7,839
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	7,991
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	8,141
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	8,288
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	8,429
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	8,546
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	8,661
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	8,770
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	8,878
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	9,002
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	9,154
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	9,304
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	9,448
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	9,590

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