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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 IcelandAlbaniaOmanVenezuela
2773,0852,34823,188
2813,0652,40323,601
2853,0472,45724,011
2883,0382,51024,425
2893,0262,56224,841
2933,0142,61325,255
2962,9982,66325,667
3042,9792,71326,079
3112,9572,76426,589
3192,9342,81627,098
3192,9152,87127,510
3182,9002,92827,920
3192,8922,98628,327
3212,8883,04728,722
3242,8823,11029,111
3272,8763,17429,418
3312,8683,24029,693
3352,8633,30729,961
3432,8613,37529,856
3532,8543,44428,858
3612,8423,51227,921
3662,8253,58227,871
3722,7993,65128,316
3802,7873,69628,418

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.

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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