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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.