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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	Uzbekistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	24,701
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	25,042
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	25,372
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	25,696
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	25,992
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	26,268
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	26,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	26,812
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	27,081
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	27,347
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	27,609
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	27,869
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	28,132
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	28,398
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	28,666
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	28,934
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	29,205
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	29,480
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	29,756
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	30,031
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	30,305
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	30,576
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	30,843
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	31,337

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