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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	Sudan	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	26,168	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	26,771	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	27,387	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	28,017	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	28,662	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	29,321	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	29,996	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	30,686	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	31,393	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	32,137	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	33,078	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	33,891	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	34,568	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	35,293	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	36,093	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	37,058	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	38,165	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	39,294	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	40,512	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	41,764	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	42,952	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	44,121	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	45,290	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	46,498	651

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.

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