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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 IcelandDominicaOmanParaguay
277702,3485,366
281712,4035,473
285712,4575,579
288722,5105,683
289722,5625,786
293722,6135,886
296722,6635,984
304722,7136,080
311722,7646,173
319732,8166,264
319732,8716,352
318732,9286,438
319732,9866,522
321733,0476,605
324733,1106,688
327733,1746,769
331743,2406,850
335743,3076,930
343743,3757,012
353743,4447,095
361753,5127,179
366753,5827,263
372763,6517,348
380763,6967,432

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.

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