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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandIndonesiaOmanParaguay
277208,1052,3485,366
281211,4082,4035,473
285214,4752,4575,579
288217,5162,5105,683
289220,5492,5625,786
293224,4732,6135,886
296227,5342,6635,984
304230,7392,7136,080
311233,9182,7646,173
319237,0562,8166,264
319240,1402,8716,352
318243,1712,9286,438
319246,1502,9866,522
321249,0863,0476,605
324251,9473,1106,688
327254,7023,1746,769
331257,3513,2406,850
335259,9063,3076,930
343262,3793,3757,012
353264,7893,4447,095
361267,1423,5127,179
366269,4373,5827,263
372271,6743,6517,348
380273,4093,6967,432

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.

All data sources

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 Oman, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.