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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	Greece	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	10,618	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	10,662	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	10,718	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	10,757	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	10,783	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	10,809	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	10,841	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	10,874	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	10,901	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	10,930	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	10,959	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	10,973	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	10,957	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	10,898	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	10,819	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	10,747	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	10,677	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	10,633	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	10,612	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	10,590	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	10,579	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	10,556	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	10,499	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	10,437	3,696

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.

Greece

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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