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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 IcelandEstoniaEcuador
2771,37812,268
2811,40012,446
2851,39112,629
2881,38212,827
2891,37413,074
2931,36513,368
2961,35713,661
3041,34913,915
3111,34114,133
3191,33714,352
3191,33414,569
3181,33214,786
3191,32815,002
3211,32415,218
3241,31915,433
3271,31415,647
3311,31215,860
3351,31416,072
3431,31416,282
3531,31816,489
3611,32316,693
3661,32716,894
3721,32917,093
3801,33017,288

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 Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.