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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	Saudi Arabia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	19,964	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	20,426	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	20,956	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	21,549	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	22,189	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	22,850	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	23,516	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	24,178	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	24,841	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	25,518	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	26,227	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	27,068	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	27,810	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	28,516	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	29,220	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	29,936	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	30,646	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	31,360	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	32,184	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	32,869	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	33,661	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	34,542	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	33,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	34,081	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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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