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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	Guatemala
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	11,487
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	11,728
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	11,968
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	12,258
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	12,556
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	12,873
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	13,200
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	13,517
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	13,828
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	14,139
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	14,452
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	14,769
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	15,088
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	15,405
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	15,719
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	16,030
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	16,337
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	16,636
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	16,929
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	17,223
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	17,518
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	17,812
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	18,106
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	18,348

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