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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	Luxembourg	Laos	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	277	433	5,286	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	281	438	5,397	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	285	443	5,499	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	288	448	5,578	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	289	454	5,654	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	293	460	5,746	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	296	467	5,836	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	474	5,931	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	482	6,035	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	319	491	6,145	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	319	500	6,257	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	6,368	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	319	521	6,477	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	321	533	6,586	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	324	547	6,695	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	327	560	6,804	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	331	571	6,912	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	335	586	7,019	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	343	599	7,127	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	353	610	7,234	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	361	623	7,343	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	366	633	7,452	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	372	643	7,560	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	380	651	7,666	21,889

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 Luxembourg, Laos, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.