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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	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	11,075	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	11,405	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	11,828	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	12,380	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	12,829	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	13,178	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	13,540	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	13,917	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	14,309	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	14,722	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	15,152	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	15,600	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	16,064	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	16,563	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	17,072	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	17,575	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	18,094	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	18,621	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	19,157	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	19,698	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	20,242	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	20,788	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	21,336	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	21,889	1,883

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