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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	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,286	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,397	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,499	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,578	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,654	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,746	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,836	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,931	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	6,035	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	6,145	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	6,257	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	6,368	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	6,477	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	6,586	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	6,695	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	6,804	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	6,912	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	7,019	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	7,127	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	7,234	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	7,343	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	7,452	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	7,560	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	7,666	24,587

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