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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	Sudan	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	26,168	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	26,771	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	27,387	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	28,017	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	28,662	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	29,321	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	29,996	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	30,686	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	31,393	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	32,137	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	33,078	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	33,891	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	34,568	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	35,293	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	36,093	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	37,058	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	38,165	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	39,294	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	40,512	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	41,764	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	42,952	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	44,121	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	45,290	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	46,498	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.

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