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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 IcelandGermanyAlbaniaPhilippines
27781,4393,08579,346
28181,4743,06581,131
28581,5343,04783,023
28881,5953,03884,876
28981,5663,02686,697
29381,4733,01488,568
29681,3542,99890,418
30481,1902,97992,253
31181,0092,95794,098
31980,7812,93495,923
31980,5002,91597,627
31880,3012,90099,317
31980,2922,892100,999
32180,4432,888102,618
32480,6632,882104,299
32781,0002,876106,076
33181,7042,868107,868
33582,3662,863109,493
34382,6742,861111,094
35382,9232,854112,843
36183,1102,842114,636
36683,1782,825117,026
37283,2132,799119,473
38083,8112,787121,234

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.

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.

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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