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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	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	387	4,244	277
Dec 31, 2000	390	4,199	281
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,154	285
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,108	288
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,059	289
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,013	293
Dec 31, 2005	404	3,966	296
Dec 31, 2006	405	3,919	304
Dec 31, 2007	406	3,873	311
Dec 31, 2008	409	3,829	319
Dec 31, 2009	412	3,788	319
Dec 31, 2010	414	3,748	318
Dec 31, 2011	416	3,709	319
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,671	321
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,633	324
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,595	327
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,558	331
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,522	335
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,485	343
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,448	353
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,412	361
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,376	366
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,339	372
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,570	380

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.