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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	Djibouti	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	646	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	669	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	693	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	716	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	691	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	657	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	666	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	679	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	694	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	709	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	725	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	741	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	757	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	774	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	792	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	810	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	828	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	847	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	865	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	884	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	898	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	912	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	924	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	937	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.

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