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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 IcelandAlbaniaRomaniaOman
2773,08522,4142,348
2813,06522,2622,403
2853,04722,1062,457
2883,03821,9312,510
2893,02621,8282,562
2933,01421,7042,613
2962,99821,5712,663
3042,97921,4432,713
3112,95721,1292,764
3192,93420,7792,816
3192,91520,6072,871
3182,90020,4852,928
3192,89220,3852,986
3212,88820,2963,047
3242,88220,2243,110
3272,87620,1513,174
3312,86820,0553,240
3352,86319,9383,307
3432,86119,8233,375
3532,85419,7133,444
3612,84219,6223,512
3662,82519,4963,582
3722,79919,3513,651
3802,78719,2663,696

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.