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

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.