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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 IcelandCape VerdeOmanParaguay
2774222,3485,366
2814302,4035,473
2854382,4575,579
2884472,5105,683
2894552,5625,786
2934632,6135,886
2964712,6635,984
3044782,7136,080
3114862,7646,173
3194942,8166,264
3195012,8716,352
3185092,9286,438
3195162,9866,522
3215243,0476,605
3245313,1106,688
3275393,1746,769
3315463,2406,850
3355533,3076,930
3435623,3757,012
3535683,4447,095
3615743,5127,179
3665803,5827,263
3725853,6517,348
3805903,6967,432

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.

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