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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	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	2,748

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