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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 IcelandDominicaParaguayMoldova
277705,3664,244
281715,4734,199
285715,5794,154
288725,6834,108
289725,7864,059
293725,8864,013
296725,9843,966
304726,0803,919
311726,1733,873
319736,2643,829
319736,3523,788
318736,4383,748
319736,5223,709
321736,6053,671
324736,6883,633
327736,7693,595
331746,8503,558
335746,9303,522
343747,0123,485
353747,0953,448
361757,1793,412
366757,2633,376
372767,3483,339
380767,4323,570

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.

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, Paraguay, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.