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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 IcelandHong Kong SAR ChinaEcuador
2776,58712,268
2816,64612,446
2856,69512,629
2886,72512,827
2896,71213,074
2936,76513,368
2966,79413,661
3046,83813,915
3116,89714,133
3196,93814,352
3196,95314,569
3187,00414,786
3197,05215,002
3217,13015,218
3247,15915,433
3277,20915,647
3317,27115,860
3357,31616,072
3437,37216,282
3537,43216,489
3617,48716,693
3667,46016,894
3727,39217,093
3807,38717,288

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.

Ecuador

  • 1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

No separate list is published for Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.