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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	7,666	295

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Laos, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.