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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	Yemen	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	16,728	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	17,236	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	17,762	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	18,310	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	18,855	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	19,410	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,000	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,611	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,236	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,878	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	22,533	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	23,195	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	23,880	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	24,594	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	25,311	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	26,020	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	26,698	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	27,347	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	27,985	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	28,608	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	29,216	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	29,811	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	30,399	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,058	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 Yemen, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.