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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	Laos	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,286	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,397	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,499	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,578	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,654	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,746	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,836	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,931	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	6,035	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	6,145	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	6,257	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	6,368	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	6,477	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	6,586	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	6,695	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	6,804	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	6,912	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	7,019	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	7,127	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	7,234	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	7,343	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	7,452	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	7,560	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	7,666	6,720

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.

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

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