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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 IcelandEcuadorDominican Republic
27712,2688,175
28112,4468,301
28512,6298,427
28812,8278,553
28913,0748,678
29313,3688,801
29613,6618,924
30413,9159,044
31114,1339,164
31914,3529,281
31914,5699,398
31814,7869,512
31915,0029,627
32115,2189,742
32415,4339,855
32715,6479,965
33115,86010,072
33516,07210,177
34316,28210,281
35316,48910,385
36116,69310,487
36616,89410,587
37217,09310,686
38017,28810,793

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 Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.