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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	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	5,286	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	5,397	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	5,499	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	5,578	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	5,654	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	5,746	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	5,836	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	5,931	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	6,035	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	6,145	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	6,257	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	6,368	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	6,477	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	6,586	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	6,695	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	6,804	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	6,912	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	7,019	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	7,127	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	7,234	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	7,343	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	7,452	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	7,560	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	7,666	380

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.