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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 IcelandMoldovaRomaniaSeychelles
2774,24422,41478
2814,19922,26279
2854,15422,10680
2884,10821,93181
2894,05921,82882
2934,01321,70483
2963,96621,57184
3043,91921,44385
3113,87321,12986
3193,82920,77987
3193,78820,60787
3183,74820,48588
3193,70920,38589
3213,67120,29690
3243,63320,22491
3273,59520,15192
3313,55820,05592
3353,52219,93893
3433,48519,82394
3533,44819,71395
3613,41219,62296
3663,37619,49697
3723,33919,35198
3803,57019,26698

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 Moldova, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.