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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	70	277	5,286	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	71	281	5,397	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	71	285	5,499	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	72	288	5,578	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	72	289	5,654	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	72	293	5,746	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	72	296	5,836	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	72	304	5,931	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	72	311	6,035	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	73	319	6,145	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	73	319	6,257	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	73	318	6,368	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	73	319	6,477	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	73	321	6,586	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	73	324	6,695	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	73	327	6,804	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	74	331	6,912	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	74	335	7,019	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	74	343	7,127	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	74	353	7,234	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	75	361	7,343	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	75	366	7,452	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	76	372	7,560	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	76	380	7,666	31,058

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 Dominica, Laos, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.