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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	651

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