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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 IcelandFinlandTrinidad & Tobago
2775,1661,301
2815,1761,303
2855,1881,308
2885,2011,314
2895,2131,320
2935,2281,326
2965,2461,332
3045,2661,338
3115,2891,344
3195,3131,352
3195,3391,359
3185,3631,365
3195,3881,372
3215,4141,379
3245,4391,386
3275,4631,392
3315,4811,399
3355,4951,405
3435,5081,411
3535,5161,436
3615,5221,452
3665,5311,448
3725,5421,450
3805,5561,456

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 Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.