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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	Dominica	Moldova	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	4,244	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	4,199	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	4,154	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	4,108	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	4,059	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	4,013	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	3,966	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	3,919	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	3,873	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	3,829	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	3,788	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	3,748	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	3,709	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	3,671	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	3,633	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	3,595	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	3,558	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	3,522	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	3,485	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	3,448	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	3,412	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	3,376	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	3,339	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	3,570	17,288

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.

Ecuador

1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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