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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandCentral African RepublicRussia
2773,889147,218
2813,980146,600
2854,054145,980
2884,128145,310
2894,215144,652
2934,289144,071
2964,363143,522
3044,449143,053
3114,544142,809
3194,641142,746
3194,742142,789
3184,845142,853
3194,950142,964
3215,057143,205
3245,167143,510
3275,278146,094
3315,392146,410
3355,507146,678
3435,625146,846
3535,745146,834
3615,874146,768
3666,025146,463
3726,154145,849
3806,291146,693

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.

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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.

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.