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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	Estonia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	1,378	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	1,400	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	1,391	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	1,382	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	1,374	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	1,365	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	1,357	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	1,349	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	1,341	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	1,337	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	1,334	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	1,332	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	1,328	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	1,324	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	1,319	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	1,314	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	1,312	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	1,314	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	1,314	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	1,318	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	1,323	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	1,327	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	1,329	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	1,330	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, Estonia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.