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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	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	3,696

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