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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	Iceland	Cuba	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	11,108	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	11,147	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	11,179	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	11,210	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	11,241	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	11,260	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	11,268	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	11,266	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	11,261	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	11,258	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	11,260	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	11,262	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	11,264	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	11,262	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	11,250	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	11,238	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	11,214	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	11,180	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	11,147	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	11,116	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	11,105	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	11,089	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	11,046	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	11,003	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

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.

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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