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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	Ecuador	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	12,268	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	12,446	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	12,629	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	12,827	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	13,074	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	13,368	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	13,661	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	13,915	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	14,133	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	14,352	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	14,569	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	14,786	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	15,002	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	15,218	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	15,433	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	15,647	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	15,860	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	16,072	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	16,282	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	16,489	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	16,693	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	16,894	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	17,093	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	17,288	295

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.

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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