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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	Madagascar	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,259	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,707	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	16,162	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	16,631	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	17,114	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	17,610	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	18,120	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	18,641	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	19,173	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	19,717	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,272	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,837	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	21,413	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	21,999	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,593	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	23,196	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	23,806	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	24,423	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	25,044	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	25,671	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	26,302	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	26,936	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	27,573	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	28,237	3,570

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 Madagascar, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.