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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Mexico	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	387	97,242	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	390	98,403	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	393	99,599	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	396	100,863	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	398	102,132	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	401	103,334	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	404	104,508	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	405	105,738	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	406	107,083	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	409	108,554	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	412	110,061	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	414	111,468	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	416	112,826	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	420	114,163	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	426	115,471	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	435	116,757	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	445	118,017	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	455	117,444	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	468	118,799	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	485	120,289	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	504	121,872	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	516	123,260	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	518	124,462	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	530	125,247	7,666

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

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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