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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 IcelandAlbaniaThailandLuxembourg
2773,08559,748433
2813,06560,165438
2853,04760,746443
2883,03861,323448
2893,02661,884454
2933,01462,425460
2962,99862,956467
3042,97963,467474
3112,95763,937482
3192,93464,381491
3192,91564,804500
3182,90065,208509
3192,89265,599521
3212,88865,970533
3242,88266,332547
3272,87666,673560
3312,86866,975571
3352,86367,250586
3432,86167,506599
3532,85467,750610
3612,84267,975623
3662,82568,180633
3722,79968,366643
3802,78768,457651

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.

Thailand

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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