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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 IcelandMoroccoRomaniaBarbados
27728,40022,414273
28128,74422,262274
28529,09422,106275
28829,44721,931276
28929,80621,828278
29330,16921,704279
29630,55221,571280
30430,95321,443281
31131,35421,129282
31931,75420,779283
31932,15420,607285
31832,55320,485286
31932,95120,385287
32133,34620,296288
32433,73720,224289
32734,12420,151290
33134,51120,055291
33534,89819,938291
34335,27919,823292
35335,65319,713293
36136,01819,622294
36636,37519,496294
37236,72319,351295
38037,10119,266295

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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