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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	28,237

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