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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 IcelandMoldovaRomaniaUganda
2774,24422,41423,408
2814,19922,26224,195
2854,15422,10624,992
2884,10821,93125,846
2894,05921,82826,661
2934,01321,70427,414
2963,96621,57128,200
3043,91921,44329,021
3113,87321,12929,846
3193,82920,77930,647
3193,78820,60731,469
3183,74820,48532,343
3193,70920,38533,257
3213,67120,29634,234
3243,63320,22435,271
3273,59520,15136,419
3313,55820,05537,673
3353,52219,93839,157
3433,48519,82340,879
3533,44819,71342,329
3613,41219,62243,639
3663,37619,49645,120
3723,33919,35146,645
3803,57019,26648,065

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.

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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