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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	Qatar	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	387	627	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	390	659	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	393	691	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	396	724	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	398	757	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	401	850	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,001	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,153	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,306	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,460	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,615	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,770	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,904	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,010	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,103	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,187	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,261	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,326	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,384	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,435	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,480	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,519	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,553	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,559	21,889	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.

All data sources

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, Qatar, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.