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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	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,286	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,397	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,499	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,578	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,654	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,746	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,836	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,931	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	6,035	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	6,145	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	6,257	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	6,368	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	6,477	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	6,586	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	6,695	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	6,804	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	6,912	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	7,019	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	7,127	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	7,234	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	7,343	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	7,452	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	7,560	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	7,666	20,985

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.

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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