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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 IcelandAustriaOmanEstonia
2778,0392,3481,378
2818,0592,4031,400
2858,0902,4571,391
2888,1302,5101,382
2898,1662,5621,374
2938,2172,6131,365
2968,2742,6631,357
3048,3172,7131,349
3118,3442,7641,341
3198,3702,8161,337
3198,3902,8711,334
3188,4102,9281,332
3198,4382,9861,328
3218,4763,0471,324
3248,5273,1101,319
3278,5943,1741,314
3318,6803,2401,312
3358,7913,3071,314
3438,8473,3751,314
3538,8903,4441,318
3618,9303,5121,323
3668,9693,5821,327
3729,0043,6511,329
3809,1073,6961,330

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.

Austria

  • 1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
  • 1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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