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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	South Africa	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,257	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	46,958	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,820	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	48,480	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	48,951	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	49,478	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	50,054	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	50,667	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	51,339	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	52,077	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	52,862	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	53,682	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	54,518	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	55,356	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	56,215	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	57,075	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	57,947	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	58,830	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	59,715	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	60,595	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	61,469	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	62,355	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	62,900	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	63,382	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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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