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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	Myanmar (Burma)	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	45,018	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	45,616	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	46,171	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	46,690	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,201	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	47,699	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,196	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,674	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	49,151	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,505	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,896	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	50,285	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	50,813	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	51,369	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	51,878	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	52,374	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	52,900	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	53,416	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	53,914	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	54,403	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	54,884	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	55,355	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	55,815	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	56,210	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.

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.

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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