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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	138	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	141	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	144	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	147	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	151	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	154	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	158	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	161	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	165	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	168	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	172	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	176	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	180	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	183	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	187	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	190	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	194	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	198	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	201	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	204	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	208	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	212	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	216	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	220	21,889	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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.