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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 IcelandDominicaOmanAlbania
277702,3483,085
281712,4033,065
285712,4573,047
288722,5103,038
289722,5623,026
293722,6133,014
296722,6632,998
304722,7132,979
311722,7642,957
319732,8162,934
319732,8712,915
318732,9282,900
319732,9862,892
321733,0472,888
324733,1102,882
327733,1742,876
331743,2402,868
335743,3072,863
343743,3752,861
353743,4442,854
361753,5122,842
366753,5822,825
372763,6512,799
380763,6962,787

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.

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.

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