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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	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,286	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,397	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,499	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,578	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,654	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,746	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,836	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,931	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	6,035	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	6,145	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	6,257	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	6,368	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	6,477	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	6,586	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	6,695	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	6,804	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	6,912	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	7,019	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	7,127	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	7,234	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	7,343	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	7,452	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	7,560	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	7,666	5,185

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, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.