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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	Denmark	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	5,322	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	5,339	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	5,358	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	5,377	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	5,391	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	5,404	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	5,420	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	5,438	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	5,461	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	5,494	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	5,524	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	5,548	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	5,571	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	5,592	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	5,614	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	5,644	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	5,683	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	5,730	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	5,766	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	5,795	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	5,818	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	5,831	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	5,855	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	5,907	530

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, Denmark, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.