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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	Laos	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	70	277	5,286	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	71	281	5,397	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	71	285	5,499	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	72	288	5,578	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	72	289	5,654	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	72	293	5,746	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	72	296	5,836	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	72	304	5,931	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	72	311	6,035	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	73	319	6,145	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	73	319	6,257	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	73	318	6,368	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	73	319	6,477	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	73	321	6,586	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	73	324	6,695	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	73	327	6,804	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	74	331	6,912	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	74	335	7,019	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	74	343	7,127	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	74	353	7,234	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	75	361	7,343	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	75	366	7,452	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	76	372	7,560	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	76	380	7,666	17,288

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.

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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