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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	Malta	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	387	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	390	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	393	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	396	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	398	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	401	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	404	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	405	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	406	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	409	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	412	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	414	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	416	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	420	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	426	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	435	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	445	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	455	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	468	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	485	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	504	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	516	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	518	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	530	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.

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