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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 IcelandAlbaniaOmanCuba
2773,0852,34811,108
2813,0652,40311,147
2853,0472,45711,179
2883,0382,51011,210
2893,0262,56211,241
2933,0142,61311,260
2962,9982,66311,268
3042,9792,71311,266
3112,9572,76411,261
3192,9342,81611,258
3192,9152,87111,260
3182,9002,92811,262
3192,8922,98611,264
3212,8883,04711,262
3242,8823,11011,250
3272,8763,17411,238
3312,8683,24011,214
3352,8633,30711,180
3432,8613,37511,147
3532,8543,44411,116
3612,8423,51211,105
3662,8253,58211,089
3722,7993,65111,046
3802,7873,69611,003

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.

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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