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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 IcelandEstoniaCuba
2771,37811,108
2811,40011,147
2851,39111,179
2881,38211,210
2891,37411,241
2931,36511,260
2961,35711,268
3041,34911,266
3111,34111,261
3191,33711,258
3191,33411,260
3181,33211,262
3191,32811,264
3211,32411,262
3241,31911,250
3271,31411,238
3311,31211,214
3351,31411,180
3431,31411,147
3531,31811,116
3611,32311,105
3661,32711,089
3721,32911,046
3801,33011,003

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.

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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