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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	Barbados	Iceland	Moldova	Haiti
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	4,244	8,121
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	4,199	8,279
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	4,154	8,430
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	4,108	8,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	4,059	8,739
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	4,013	8,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	3,966	9,061
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	3,919	9,216
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	3,873	9,364
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	3,829	9,508
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	3,788	9,652
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	3,748	9,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	3,709	9,670
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	3,671	9,793
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	3,633	9,922
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	3,595	10,047
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	3,558	10,254
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	3,522	10,486
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	3,485	10,647
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	3,448	10,788
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	3,412	10,933
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	3,376	11,077
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	3,339	11,215
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	3,570	11,349

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 Barbados, Moldova, Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.