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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	Dominica	Iceland	Italy	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	70	277	56,940	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	71	281	56,966	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	71	285	57,004	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	72	288	57,114	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	72	289	57,423	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	72	293	57,852	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	72	296	58,191	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	72	304	58,424	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	72	311	58,781	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	73	319	59,236	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	73	319	59,580	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	73	318	59,844	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	73	319	60,052	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	73	321	60,216	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	73	324	60,337	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	73	327	60,346	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	74	331	60,255	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	74	335	60,140	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	343	60,027	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	74	353	59,902	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	75	361	59,754	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	75	366	59,464	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	76	372	59,158	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	76	380	58,966	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.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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