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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 IcelandIndonesiaSlovenia
277208,1051,998
281211,4082,004
285214,4752,006
288217,5162,009
289220,5492,010
293224,4732,011
296227,5342,015
304230,7392,022
311233,9182,033
319237,0562,036
319240,1402,056
318243,1712,063
319246,1502,067
321249,0862,071
324251,9472,074
327254,7022,076
331257,3512,078
335259,9062,079
343262,3792,081
353264,7892,087
361267,1422,104
366269,4372,118
372271,6742,123
380273,4092,124

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

Slovenia

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