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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	Dominica	Iceland	Yemen	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	70	277	16,728	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	71	281	17,236	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	71	285	17,762	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	72	288	18,310	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	72	289	18,855	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	72	293	19,410	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	72	296	20,000	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	72	304	20,611	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	72	311	21,236	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	73	319	21,878	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	73	319	22,533	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	73	318	23,195	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	73	319	23,880	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	73	321	24,594	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	73	324	25,311	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	73	327	26,020	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	74	331	26,698	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	74	335	27,347	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	74	343	27,985	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	74	353	28,608	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	75	361	29,216	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	75	366	29,811	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	76	372	30,399	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	76	380	31,058	3,570

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 Dominica, Yemen, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.