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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 IcelandDominicaRomaniaLithuania
2777022,4143,419
2817122,2623,395
2857122,1063,367
2887221,9313,340
2897221,8283,313
2937221,7043,276
2967221,5713,223
3047221,4433,172
3117221,1293,134
3197320,7793,102
3197320,6073,068
3187320,4853,004
3197320,3852,937
3217320,2962,898
3247320,2242,869
3277320,1512,844
3317420,0552,818
3357419,9382,782
3437419,8232,744
3537419,7132,718
3617519,6222,710
3667519,4962,711
3727619,3512,724
3807619,2662,748

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.

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