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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 IcelandJordanSlovenia
2774,5911,998
2814,7002,004
2854,8112,006
2884,9232,009
2895,0372,010
2935,1612,011
2965,2952,015
3045,7652,022
3116,2432,033
3196,3972,036
3196,5382,056
3186,6802,063
3196,8402,067
3216,9522,071
3247,7062,074
3278,8392,076
3319,5062,078
3359,8632,079
34310,0662,081
35310,2732,087
36110,4802,104
36610,6282,118
37210,7162,123
38010,8492,124

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.

Jordan

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

Slovenia

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