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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	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	34,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.