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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	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	5,286	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	5,397	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	5,499	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	5,578	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	5,654	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	5,746	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	5,836	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	5,931	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	6,035	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	6,145	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	6,257	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	6,368	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	6,477	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	6,586	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	6,695	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	6,804	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	6,912	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	7,019	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	7,127	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	7,234	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	7,343	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	7,452	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	7,560	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	7,666	2,748

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 Barbados, Laos, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.