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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandUnited Arab EmiratesRomaniaEstonia
2773,10122,4141,378
2813,28422,2621,400
2853,45822,1061,391
2883,61321,9311,382
2893,75421,8281,374
2933,88221,7041,365
2964,00021,5711,357
3044,53221,4431,349
3115,62321,1291,341
3197,27720,7791,337
3198,16420,6071,334
3188,15220,4851,332
3198,43820,3851,328
3218,74720,2961,324
3249,07720,2241,319
3279,32120,1511,314
3319,46120,0551,312
3359,58719,9381,314
3439,69919,8231,314
3539,79619,7131,318
3619,87919,6221,323
3669,95319,4961,327
37210,01819,3511,329
38010,09919,2661,330

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for United Arab Emirates, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.