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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 IcelandGermanyMoldova
27781,4394,244
28181,4744,199
28581,5344,154
28881,5954,108
28981,5664,059
29381,4734,013
29681,3543,966
30481,1903,919
31181,0093,873
31980,7813,829
31980,5003,788
31880,3013,748
31980,2923,709
32180,4433,671
32480,6633,633
32781,0003,595
33181,7043,558
33582,3663,522
34382,6743,485
35382,9233,448
36183,1103,412
36683,1783,376
37283,2133,339
38083,8113,570

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 Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.