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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	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	3,419	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	3,395	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	3,367	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	3,340	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	3,313	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	3,276	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	3,223	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	3,172	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	3,134	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	3,102	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	3,068	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	3,004	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	2,937	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	2,898	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	2,869	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	2,844	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	2,818	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	2,782	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	2,744	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	2,718	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	2,710	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	2,711	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	2,724	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	2,748	295

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.

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