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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	Laos	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	5,286	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	5,397	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	5,499	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	5,578	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	5,654	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	5,746	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	5,836	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	5,931	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	6,035	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	6,145	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	6,257	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	6,368	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	6,477	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	6,586	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	6,695	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	6,804	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	6,912	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	7,019	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	7,127	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	7,234	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	7,343	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	7,452	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	7,560	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	7,666	3,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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