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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	Moldova	Angola
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	11,334
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	11,676
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	12,030
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	12,443
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	12,936
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	13,480
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	14,012
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	14,535
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	15,084
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	15,658
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	16,260
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	16,885
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	17,525
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	18,202
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	18,908
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	19,624
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	20,354
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	21,098
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	21,859
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	22,638
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	23,437
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	24,253
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	25,089
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	25,878

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