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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	Portugal	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	387	10,144	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	390	10,215	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	393	10,288	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	396	10,344	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	398	10,383	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	401	10,408	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	404	10,427	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	405	10,446	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	406	10,467	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	409	10,482	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	412	10,492	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	414	10,497	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	416	10,481	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	420	10,439	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	426	10,382	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	435	10,326	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	445	10,283	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	455	10,251	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	468	10,226	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	485	10,209	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	504	10,212	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	516	10,223	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	518	10,214	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	530	10,200	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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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