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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 IcelandGermanyAlbania
27781,4393,085
28181,4743,065
28581,5343,047
28881,5953,038
28981,5663,026
29381,4733,014
29681,3542,998
30481,1902,979
31181,0092,957
31980,7812,934
31980,5002,915
31880,3012,900
31980,2922,892
32180,4432,888
32480,6632,882
32781,0002,876
33181,7042,868
33582,3662,863
34382,6742,861
35382,9232,854
36183,1102,842
36683,1782,825
37283,2132,799
38083,8112,787

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.

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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