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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	Algeria
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	30,083
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	30,515
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	30,952
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	31,397
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	31,847
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	32,320
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	32,785
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	33,286
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	33,866
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	34,480
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	35,126
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	35,805
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	36,506
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	37,215
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	37,930
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	38,650
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	39,372
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	40,087
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	40,787
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	41,471
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	42,135
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	42,779
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	43,401
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	44,114

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, Algeria; the database as a whole is cited above.