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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	Pakistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	141,497
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	145,759
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	150,448
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	154,585
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	158,209
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	161,556
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	165,075
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	168,846
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	172,882
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	176,809
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	180,690
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	184,989
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	189,314
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	193,569
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	197,994
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	202,387
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	206,716
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	210,929
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	215,276
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	219,927
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	224,604
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	229,276
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	233,942
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	238,413

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