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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 IcelandMaliRomaniaEstonia
27710,59622,4141,378
28110,83322,2621,400
28510,89022,1061,391
28811,00721,9311,382
28911,30721,8281,374
29311,57921,7041,365
29611,80421,5711,357
30412,04321,4431,349
31112,33721,1291,341
31912,65720,7791,337
31912,98620,6071,334
31813,32520,4851,332
31913,67920,3851,328
32114,04020,2961,324
32414,41220,2241,319
32714,80320,1511,314
33115,21020,0551,312
33515,62919,9381,314
34316,06019,8231,314
35316,50719,7131,318
36116,96719,6221,323
36617,44219,4961,327
37217,93019,3511,329
38018,49419,2661,330

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 Mali, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.