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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	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	4,713

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.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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