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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 ChinaIndonesia
2776,587208,105
2816,646211,408
2856,695214,475
2886,725217,516
2896,712220,549
2936,765224,473
2966,794227,534
3046,838230,739
3116,897233,918
3196,938237,056
3196,953240,140
3187,004243,171
3197,052246,150
3217,130249,086
3247,159251,947
3277,209254,702
3317,271257,351
3357,316259,906
3437,372262,379
3537,432264,789
3617,487267,142
3667,460269,437
3727,392271,674
3807,387273,409

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.

Indonesia

  • 1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
  • 1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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