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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	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	1,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.