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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 IcelandEstoniaRomaniaLuxembourg
2771,37822,414433
2811,40022,262438
2851,39122,106443
2881,38221,931448
2891,37421,828454
2931,36521,704460
2961,35721,571467
3041,34921,443474
3111,34121,129482
3191,33720,779491
3191,33420,607500
3181,33220,485509
3191,32820,385521
3211,32420,296533
3241,31920,224547
3271,31420,151560
3311,31220,055571
3351,31419,938586
3431,31419,823599
3531,31819,713610
3611,32319,622623
3661,32719,496633
3721,32919,351643
3801,33019,266651

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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