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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	Malta	Moldova	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	387	4,244	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	390	4,199	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,154	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,108	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,059	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,013	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	404	3,966	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	405	3,919	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	406	3,873	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	409	3,829	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	412	3,788	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	414	3,748	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	416	3,709	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,671	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,633	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,595	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,558	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,522	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,485	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,448	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,412	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,376	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,339	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,570	85,108

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

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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