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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	Oman	Moldova	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	4,244	422
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	4,199	430
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	4,154	438
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	4,108	447
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	4,059	455
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	4,013	463
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	3,966	471
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	3,919	478
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	3,873	486
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	3,829	494
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	3,788	501
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	3,748	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	3,709	516
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	3,671	524
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	3,633	531
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	3,595	539
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	3,558	546
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	3,522	553
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	3,485	562
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	3,448	568
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	3,412	574
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	3,376	580
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	3,339	585
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	3,570	590

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 Oman, Moldova, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.