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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	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	23,796

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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.