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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 IcelandMoldovaGermany
2774,24481,439
2814,19981,474
2854,15481,534
2884,10881,595
2894,05981,566
2934,01381,473
2963,96681,354
3043,91981,190
3113,87381,009
3193,82980,781
3193,78880,500
3183,74880,301
3193,70980,292
3213,67180,443
3243,63380,663
3273,59581,000
3313,55881,704
3353,52282,366
3433,48582,674
3533,44882,923
3613,41283,110
3663,37683,178
3723,33983,213
3803,57083,811

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.

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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