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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	Burundi
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	6,128
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	6,282
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	6,466
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	6,670
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	6,897
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	7,167
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	7,439
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	7,709
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	7,991
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	8,318
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	8,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	9,140
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	9,440
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	9,748
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	10,069
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	10,380
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	10,577
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	10,721
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	10,955
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	11,229
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	11,602
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	11,987
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	12,384
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	12,795

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.

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