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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	31,845

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