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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	Haiti
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	8,121
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	8,279
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	8,430
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	8,580
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	8,739
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	8,900
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	9,061
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	9,216
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	9,364
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	9,508
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	9,652
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	9,553
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	9,670
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	9,793
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	9,922
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	10,047
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	10,254
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	10,486
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	10,647
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	10,788
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	10,933
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	11,077
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	11,215
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	11,349

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