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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	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	5,286	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	5,397	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	5,499	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	5,578	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	5,654	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	5,746	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	5,836	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	5,931	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	6,035	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	6,145	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	6,257	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	6,368	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	6,477	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	6,586	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	6,695	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	6,804	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	6,912	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	7,019	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	7,127	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	7,234	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	7,343	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	7,452	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	7,560	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	7,666	4,713

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.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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