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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	Dominica	Laos	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	5,286	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	5,397	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	5,499	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	5,578	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	5,654	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	5,746	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	5,836	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	5,931	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	6,035	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	6,145	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	6,257	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	6,368	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	6,477	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	6,586	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	6,695	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	6,804	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	6,912	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	7,019	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	7,127	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	7,234	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	7,343	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	7,452	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	7,560	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	7,666	530

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 Dominica, Laos, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.