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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	Sri Lanka	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,354	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,610	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	19,838	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,060	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	20,297	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	20,529	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,703	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,917	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,120	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,315	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	21,503	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	21,713	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	21,918	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,120	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,320	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	22,517	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	22,711	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	22,899	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	23,080	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	23,254	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	23,420	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	23,579	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	23,732	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	23,796	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.

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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 Sri Lanka, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.