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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	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	34,280

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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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