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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	Gabon
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,286	1,143
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,397	1,179
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,499	1,207
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,578	1,234
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,654	1,262
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,746	1,297
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,836	1,340
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,931	1,384
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	6,035	1,434
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	6,145	1,487
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	6,257	1,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	6,368	1,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	6,477	1,656
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	6,586	1,714
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	6,695	1,778
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	6,804	1,843
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	6,912	1,905
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	7,019	1,966
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	7,127	2,025
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	7,234	2,083
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	7,343	2,139
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	7,452	2,193
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	7,560	2,246
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	7,666	2,292

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, Gabon; the database as a whole is cited above.