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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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