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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	Mauritius
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	1,173
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	1,186
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	1,199
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	1,211
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	1,222
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	1,233
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	1,243
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	1,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	1,261
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	1,269
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	1,276
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	1,282
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	1,286
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	1,288
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	1,291
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	1,294
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	1,296
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	1,298
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	1,300
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	1,302
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	1,304
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	1,305
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	1,307
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	1,307

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