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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandEcuadorArmenia
27712,2682,970
28112,4462,966
28512,6292,965
28812,8272,962
28913,0742,955
29313,3682,953
29613,6612,951
30413,9152,948
31114,1332,946
31914,3522,943
31914,5692,941
31814,7862,939
31915,0022,937
32115,2182,934
32415,4332,932
32715,6472,928
33115,8602,924
33516,0722,919
34316,2822,913
35316,4892,907
36116,6932,899
36616,8942,891
37217,0932,881
38017,2882,871

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.

Ecuador

  • 1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

No separate list is published for Armenia; the database as a whole is cited above.