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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	433
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	438
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	443
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	448
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	454
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	460
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	467
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	474
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	482
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	491
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	500
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	521
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	533
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	547
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	560
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	571
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	586
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	599
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	610
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	623
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	633
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	643
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	651

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