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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	Mali	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	10,596	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	10,833	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	10,890	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	11,007	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	11,307	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	11,579	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	11,804	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	12,043	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	12,337	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	12,657	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	12,986	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	13,325	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	13,679	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	14,040	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	14,412	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	14,803	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	15,210	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	15,629	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	16,060	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	16,507	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	16,967	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	17,442	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	17,930	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	18,494	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, Mali, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.