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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Laos	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	10,487

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.

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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