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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Nepal	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,087	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	23,487	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	23,887	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	24,273	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	24,645	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	24,989	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	25,255	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	25,484	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	25,732	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	25,998	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	26,298	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	26,664	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	27,081	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	27,505	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	27,917	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	28,311	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	28,678	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,034	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	29,384	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	29,718	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	30,057	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	30,595	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	31,311	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,845	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 Nepal, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.