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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	Malta	Laos	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	5,286	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	5,397	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	5,499	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	5,578	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	5,654	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	5,746	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	5,836	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	5,931	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	6,035	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	6,145	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	6,257	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	6,368	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	6,477	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	6,586	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	6,695	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	6,804	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	6,912	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	7,019	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	7,127	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	7,234	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	7,343	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	7,452	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	7,560	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	7,666	5,907

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