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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 IcelandEstoniaOmanRussia
2771,3782,348147,218
2811,4002,403146,600
2851,3912,457145,980
2881,3822,510145,310
2891,3742,562144,652
2931,3652,613144,071
2961,3572,663143,522
3041,3492,713143,053
3111,3412,764142,809
3191,3372,816142,746
3191,3342,871142,789
3181,3322,928142,853
3191,3282,986142,964
3211,3243,047143,205
3241,3193,110143,510
3271,3143,174146,094
3311,3123,240146,410
3351,3143,307146,678
3431,3143,375146,846
3531,3183,444146,834
3611,3233,512146,768
3661,3273,582146,463
3721,3293,651145,849
3801,3303,696146,693

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.

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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