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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	Qatar	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	627	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	659	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	691	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	724	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	757	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	850	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	1,001	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	1,153	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	1,306	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	1,460	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	1,615	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	1,770	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	1,904	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	2,010	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	2,103	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	2,187	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	2,261	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	2,326	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	2,384	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	2,435	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	2,480	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	2,519	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	2,553	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	2,559	530

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, Qatar, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.