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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	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	433	5,286	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	438	5,397	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	443	5,499	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	448	5,578	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	454	5,654	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	460	5,746	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	467	5,836	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	474	5,931	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	482	6,035	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	491	6,145	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	500	6,257	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	6,368	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	521	6,477	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	533	6,586	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	547	6,695	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	560	6,804	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	571	6,912	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	586	7,019	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	599	7,127	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	610	7,234	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	623	7,343	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	633	7,452	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	643	7,560	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	651	7,666	108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.