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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 IcelandAlbaniaRomaniaLatvia
2773,08522,4142,386
2813,06522,2622,363
2853,04722,1062,333
2883,03821,9312,306
2893,02621,8282,284
2933,01421,7042,259
2962,99821,5712,235
3042,97921,4432,215
3112,95721,1292,197
3192,93420,7792,174
3192,91520,6072,138
3182,90020,4852,093
3192,89220,3852,055
3212,88820,2962,030
3242,88220,2242,009
3272,87620,1511,991
3312,86820,0551,974
3352,86319,9381,956
3432,86119,8231,938
3532,85419,7131,923
3612,84219,6221,910
3662,82519,4961,897
3722,79919,3511,880
3802,78719,2661,883

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 Albania, Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.