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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	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	10,487

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

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

No separate list is published for Malta, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.