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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	28,237

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