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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	Guatemala
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	11,487
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	11,728
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	11,968
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	12,258
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	12,556
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	12,873
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	13,200
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	13,517
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	13,828
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	14,139
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	14,452
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	14,769
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	15,088
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	15,405
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	15,719
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	16,030
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	16,337
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	16,636
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	16,929
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	17,223
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	17,518
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	17,812
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	18,106
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	18,348

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