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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	Laos	Sudan	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	26,168	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	26,771	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	27,387	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	28,017	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	28,662	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	29,321	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	29,996	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	30,686	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	31,393	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	32,137	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	33,078	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	33,891	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	34,568	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	35,293	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	36,093	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	37,058	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	38,165	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	39,294	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	40,512	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	41,764	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	42,952	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	44,121	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	45,290	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	46,498	380

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