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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	Malta	Italy	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	56,940	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	56,966	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	57,004	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	57,114	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	57,423	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	57,852	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	58,191	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	58,424	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	58,781	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	59,236	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	59,580	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	59,844	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	60,052	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	60,216	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	60,337	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	60,346	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	60,255	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	60,140	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	60,027	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	59,902	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	59,754	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	59,464	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	59,158	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	58,966	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.

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.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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