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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	Kuwait
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	1,926
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	1,982
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	2,038
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	2,094
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	2,151
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	2,208
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	2,268
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	2,329
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	2,388
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	2,446
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	2,502
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	2,556
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	2,609
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	2,660
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	2,710
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	2,757
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	2,804
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	2,848
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	2,891
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	2,933
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	2,972
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	3,011
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	3,048
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	3,061

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