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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	Oman	Laos	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	5,286	422
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	5,397	430
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	5,499	438
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	5,578	447
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	5,654	455
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	5,746	463
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	5,836	471
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	5,931	478
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	6,035	486
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	6,145	494
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	6,257	501
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	6,477	516
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	6,586	524
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	6,695	531
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	6,804	539
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	6,912	546
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	7,019	553
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	7,127	562
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	7,234	568
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	7,343	574
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	7,452	580
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	7,560	585
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	7,666	590

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 Oman, Laos, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.