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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	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	3,333

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