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