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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	United States	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	279,040	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	282,162	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	284,969	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	287,625	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	290,108	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	292,805	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	295,517	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	298,380	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	301,231	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	304,094	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	306,772	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	309,327	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	311,583	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	313,878	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	316,060	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	318,386	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	320,739	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	323,072	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	325,122	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	326,838	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	328,330	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	331,512	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	332,032	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	333,288	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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: 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)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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