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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 IcelandIndonesiaNorth Macedonia
277208,1052,006
281211,4082,017
285214,4752,026
288217,5162,011
289220,5492,018
293224,4732,024
296227,5342,028
304230,7392,031
311233,9182,035
319237,0562,038
319240,1402,042
318243,1712,046
319246,1502,049
321249,0862,052
324251,9472,055
327254,7022,058
331257,3512,061
335259,9062,063
343262,3792,065
353264,7892,067
361267,1422,068
366269,4372,065
372271,6742,057
380273,4092,048

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

North Macedonia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project