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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 IcelandNorth KoreaPuerto Rico
27722,5943,800
28122,7853,811
28522,9773,819
28823,1653,824
28923,3303,826
29323,4773,827
29623,6213,822
30423,7643,805
31123,9083,783
31924,0513,761
31924,1913,741
31824,3263,722
31924,4573,679
32124,5893,636
32424,7203,589
32724,8523,534
33124,9833,473
33525,1153,411
34325,2483,352
35325,3813,295
36125,4973,268
36625,6083,247
37225,7113,232
38025,8083,228

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.

North Korea

  • 1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
  • 1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

No separate list is published for Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.