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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	Yemen	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	16,728	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	17,236	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	17,762	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	18,310	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	18,855	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	19,410	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	20,000	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	20,611	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	21,236	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	21,878	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	22,533	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	23,195	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	23,880	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	24,594	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	25,311	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	26,020	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	26,698	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	27,347	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	27,985	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	28,608	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	29,216	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	29,811	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	30,399	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	31,058	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, Yemen, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.