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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	Bangladesh	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	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.

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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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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