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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	Mozambique
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	16,522
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	16,841
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	17,176
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	17,525
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	17,889
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	18,264
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	18,652
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	19,059
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	19,480
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	19,928
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	20,418
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	20,950
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	21,535
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	22,150
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	22,768
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	23,393
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	24,023
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	24,660
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	25,318
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	25,998
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	26,694
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	27,401
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	28,121
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	28,903

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