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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 IcelandIndonesiaUnited Arab Emirates
277208,1053,101
281211,4083,284
285214,4753,458
288217,5163,613
289220,5493,754
293224,4733,882
296227,5344,000
304230,7394,532
311233,9185,623
319237,0567,277
319240,1408,164
318243,1718,152
319246,1508,438
321249,0868,747
324251,9479,077
327254,7029,321
331257,3519,461
335259,9069,587
343262,3799,699
353264,7899,796
361267,1429,879
366269,4379,953
372271,67410,018
380273,40910,099

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 United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.