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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	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	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 Malta, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.