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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	Morocco	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	28,400	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	28,744	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	29,094	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	29,447	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	29,806	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	30,169	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	30,552	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,953	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,354	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	31,754	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	32,154	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	32,553	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	32,951	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	33,346	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	33,737	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	34,124	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	34,511	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	34,898	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	35,279	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	35,653	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	36,018	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	36,375	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	36,723	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	37,101	7,666

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 Morocco, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.