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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 IcelandFinlandLesotho
2775,1661,908
2815,1761,916
2855,1881,922
2885,2011,926
2895,2131,926
2935,2281,925
2965,2461,922
3045,2661,919
3115,2891,917
3195,3131,915
3195,3391,916
3185,3631,920
3195,3881,925
3215,4141,930
3245,4391,936
3275,4631,942
3315,4811,948
3355,4951,953
3435,5081,958
3535,5161,962
3615,5221,987
3665,5312,013
3725,5422,037
3805,5562,059

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.

Finland

  • 1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
  • 1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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