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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 IcelandItalyOmanTurkmenistan
27756,9402,3484,324
28156,9662,4034,385
28557,0042,4574,444
28857,1142,5104,502
28957,4232,5624,556
29357,8522,6134,608
29658,1912,6634,664
30458,4242,7134,719
31158,7812,7644,773
31959,2362,8164,828
31959,5802,8714,884
31859,8442,9284,940
31960,0522,9864,996
32160,2163,0475,053
32460,3373,1105,110
32760,3463,1745,169
33160,2553,2405,227
33560,1403,3075,287
34360,0273,3755,346
35359,9023,4445,405
36159,7543,5125,464
36659,4643,5825,522
37259,1583,6515,579
38058,9663,6965,657

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.

Italy

  • 1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
  • 1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
  • 1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

No separate list is published for Oman, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.