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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	Romania	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	22,414	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	22,262	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	22,106	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	21,931	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	21,828	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	21,704	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	21,571	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	21,443	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	21,129	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	20,779	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	20,607	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	20,485	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	20,385	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	20,296	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	20,224	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	20,151	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	20,055	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	19,938	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	19,823	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	19,713	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	19,622	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	19,496	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	19,351	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	19,266	16,514

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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