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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Laos	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	25,808

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.

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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