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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	2,059

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