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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	Algeria
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	30,083
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	30,515
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	30,952
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	31,397
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	31,847
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	32,320
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	32,785
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	33,286
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	33,866
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	34,480
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	35,126
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	35,805
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	36,506
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	37,215
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	37,930
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	38,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	39,372
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	40,087
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	40,787
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	41,471
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	42,135
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	42,779
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	43,401
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	44,114

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