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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	Malaysia	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,132	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,695	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	23,291	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,874	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	24,437	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	24,993	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	25,543	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	26,086	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	26,620	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,161	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	27,715	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	28,268	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	28,750	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	29,163	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,568	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,977	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	30,387	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	30,782	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	31,164	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	31,539	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	31,903	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	32,257	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	32,603	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	32,956	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.

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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