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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	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,286	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,397	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,499	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,578	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,654	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,746	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,836	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,931	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	6,035	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	6,145	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	6,257	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	6,368	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	6,477	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	6,586	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	6,695	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	6,804	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	6,912	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	7,019	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	7,127	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	7,234	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	7,343	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	7,452	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	7,560	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	7,666	37,101

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