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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	Iceland	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	277	152
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	281	153
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	285	154
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	288	155
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	289	156
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	293	157
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	296	157
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	304	158
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	311	159
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	319	160
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	319	160
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	318	161
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	319	162
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	321	162
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	324	163
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	327	163
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	331	164
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	335	164
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	343	165
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	353	166
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	361	166
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	366	167
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	372	167
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	380	167

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Laos, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.