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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	Costa Rica	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,785	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,867	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,951	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,021	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,079	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,145	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,212	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,278	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,338	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,400	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,467	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,544	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,587	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,648	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,707	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,768	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,827	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,885	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,942	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,998	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,052	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,105	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,158	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,185	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.

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