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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 IcelandDominicaThailandMoldova
2777059,7484,244
2817160,1654,199
2857160,7464,154
2887261,3234,108
2897261,8844,059
2937262,4254,013
2967262,9563,966
3047263,4673,919
3117263,9373,873
3197364,3813,829
3197364,8043,788
3187365,2083,748
3197365,5993,709
3217365,9703,671
3247366,3323,633
3277366,6733,595
3317466,9753,558
3357467,2503,522
3437467,5063,485
3537467,7503,448
3617567,9753,412
3667568,1803,376
3727668,3663,339
3807668,4573,570

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.

Thailand

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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