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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Australia	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	18,692	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	18,907	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	19,151	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	19,371	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	19,595	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	19,805	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,048	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,320	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	20,694	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,113	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	21,553	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	21,891	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	22,197	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,588	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,980	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	23,326	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	23,664	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	24,036	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	24,445	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	24,823	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	25,204	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	25,529	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	25,574	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	25,826	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.

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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.

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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