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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	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,286	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,397	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,499	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,578	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,654	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,746	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,836	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,931	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	6,035	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	6,145	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	6,257	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	6,368	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	6,477	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	6,586	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	6,695	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	6,804	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	6,912	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	7,019	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	7,127	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	7,234	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	7,343	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	7,452	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	7,560	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	7,666	30,279

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, Laos, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.