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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 IcelandMoldovaOmanAzerbaijan
2774,2442,3488,056
2814,1992,4038,127
2854,1542,4578,194
2884,1082,5108,257
2894,0592,5628,319
2934,0132,6138,391
2963,9662,6638,475
3043,9192,7138,565
3113,8732,7648,657
3193,8292,8168,750
3193,7882,8718,842
3183,7482,9288,933
3193,7092,9869,025
3213,6713,0479,117
3243,6333,1109,210
3273,5953,1749,302
3313,5583,2409,393
3353,5223,3079,481
3433,4853,3759,567
3533,4483,4449,649
3613,4123,5129,727
3663,3763,5829,802
3723,3393,6519,874
3803,5703,6969,918

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.

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