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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Spain	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	40,378	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	40,563	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	40,775	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	41,433	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	42,205	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	42,869	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	43,672	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	44,370	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	45,246	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	45,993	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	46,378	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	46,573	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,746	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	46,777	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	46,603	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,465	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,420	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,460	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	46,543	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	46,739	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	47,116	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	47,366	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	47,342	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	47,625	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.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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