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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 IcelandHaitiChile
2778,12115,140
2818,27915,340
2858,43015,513
2888,58015,686
2898,73915,859
2938,90016,029
2969,06116,222
3049,21616,364
3119,36416,536
3199,50816,700
3199,65216,864
3189,55316,999
3199,67017,189
3219,79317,378
3249,92217,545
32710,04717,720
33110,25417,904
33510,48618,099
34310,64718,350
35310,78818,681
36110,93319,035
36611,07719,385
37211,21519,604
38011,34919,715

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.

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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