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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	Iceland	Barbados	Brazil	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	174,320	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	176,902	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	179,389	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	181,721	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	183,970	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	186,165	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	188,330	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	190,438	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	192,450	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	194,458	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	196,464	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	198,408	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	200,152	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	201,894	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	203,614	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	205,358	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	207,148	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	208,859	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	210,537	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	212,258	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	213,940	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	215,577	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	216,720	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	217,718	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.

Brazil

1800 - 1870: 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)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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