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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	5,286	627
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	5,397	659
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	5,499	691
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	5,578	724
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	5,654	757
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	5,746	850
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	5,836	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	5,931	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	6,035	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	6,145	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	6,257	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	6,368	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	6,477	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	6,586	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	6,695	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	6,804	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	6,912	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	7,019	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	7,127	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	7,234	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	7,343	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	7,452	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	7,560	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	7,666	2,559

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.