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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	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	2,739

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