Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,286	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,397	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,499	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,578	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,654	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,746	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,836	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,931	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	6,035	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	6,145	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	6,257	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	6,368	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	6,477	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	6,586	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	6,695	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	6,804	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	6,912	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	7,019	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	7,127	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	7,234	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	7,343	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	7,452	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	7,560	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	7,666	146,693

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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.