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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	Liberia	Oman	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,741	2,348	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,847	2,403	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,917	2,457	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,978	2,510	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,983	2,562	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,005	2,613	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,138	2,663	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,311	2,713	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,469	2,764	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,603	2,816	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,708	2,871	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,817	2,928	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,984	2,986	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,141	3,047	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,244	3,110	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,348	3,174	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,460	3,240	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,576	3,307	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,689	3,375	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,810	3,444	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,904	3,512	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,005	3,582	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,109	3,651	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,216	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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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