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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 IcelandGuineaRomaniaMoldova
2777,61022,4144,244
2817,78022,2624,199
2857,82122,1064,154
2887,90621,9314,108
2898,12121,8284,059
2938,31721,7044,013
2968,47821,5713,966
3048,65021,4433,919
3118,86021,1293,873
3199,09120,7793,829
3199,32720,6073,788
3189,57120,4853,748
3199,82520,3853,709
32110,08420,2963,671
32410,35120,2243,633
32710,63220,1513,595
33110,92420,0553,558
33511,22519,9383,522
34311,53419,8233,485
35311,85519,7133,448
36112,16019,6223,412
36612,46919,4963,376
37212,77819,3513,339
38013,08719,2663,570

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 Guinea, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.