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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	North Macedonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	2,006	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	2,017	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	2,026	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	2,011	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	2,018	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	2,024	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	2,028	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	2,031	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	2,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	2,038	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	2,042	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	2,046	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	2,049	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	2,052	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	2,055	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	2,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	2,061	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	2,063	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	2,065	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	2,067	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	2,068	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	2,065	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	2,057	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	2,048	295

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.

All data sources

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 Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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