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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	Czechia
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	10,230
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	10,220
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	10,172
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	10,148
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	10,149
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	10,154
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	10,182
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	10,214
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	10,270
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	10,376
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	10,438
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	10,463
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	10,443
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	10,455
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	10,457
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	10,471
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	10,489
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	10,511
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	10,535
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	10,572
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	10,615
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	10,645
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	10,642
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	10,635

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