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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	Laos	Burkina Faso	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	11,075	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	11,405	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	11,828	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	12,380	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	12,829	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	13,178	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	13,540	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	13,917	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	14,309	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	14,722	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	15,152	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	15,600	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	16,064	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	16,563	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	17,072	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	17,575	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	18,094	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	18,621	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	19,157	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	19,698	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	20,242	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	20,788	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	21,336	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	21,889	2,059

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 Laos, Burkina Faso, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.