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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	Senegal	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	387	10,070	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	390	10,305	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	393	10,576	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	396	10,864	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	398	11,172	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	401	11,498	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	404	11,839	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	405	12,204	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	406	12,584	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	409	12,978	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	412	13,382	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	414	13,794	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	416	14,226	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	420	14,668	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	426	15,121	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	435	15,589	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	445	16,066	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	455	16,549	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	468	17,044	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	485	17,535	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	504	18,021	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	516	18,518	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	518	19,016	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	530	19,512	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

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