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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	Colombia	Oman	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	38,365	2,348	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	38,911	2,403	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	39,411	2,457	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	39,918	2,510	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	40,416	2,562	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	40,899	2,613	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	41,374	2,663	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	41,862	2,713	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	42,324	2,764	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	42,781	2,816	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	43,264	2,871	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	43,771	2,928	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	44,225	2,986	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	44,660	3,047	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	45,081	3,110	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	45,846	3,174	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,290	3,240	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,796	3,307	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	47,385	3,375	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	48,222	3,444	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	49,326	3,512	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	50,283	3,582	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	50,978	3,651	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	51,332	3,696	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.

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

No separate list is published for Oman, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.