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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 IcelandDenmarkRomaniaLebanon
2775,32222,4143,460
2815,33922,2623,499
2855,35822,1063,554
2885,37721,9313,610
2895,39121,8283,665
2935,40421,7043,721
2965,42021,5713,777
3045,43821,4433,853
3115,46121,1293,954
3195,49420,7794,036
3195,52420,6074,082
3185,54820,4854,097
3195,57120,3854,115
3215,59220,2964,206
3245,61420,2244,696
3275,64420,1515,365
3315,68320,0555,640
3355,73019,9385,688
3435,76619,8235,680
3535,79519,7135,562
3615,81819,6225,331
3665,83119,4964,986
3725,85519,3514,802
3805,90719,2664,713

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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