Population, long-run history: compare countries
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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Iceland | New Zealand | Laos |
|---|---|---|---|
| 277 | 3,890 | 5,286 | |
| 281 | 3,912 | 5,397 | |
| 285 | 3,947 | 5,499 | |
| 288 | 4,018 | 5,578 | |
| 289 | 4,094 | 5,654 | |
| 293 | 4,151 | 5,746 | |
| 296 | 4,198 | 5,836 | |
| 304 | 4,248 | 5,931 | |
| 311 | 4,287 | 6,035 | |
| 319 | 4,323 | 6,145 | |
| 319 | 4,370 | 6,257 | |
| 318 | 4,416 | 6,368 | |
| 319 | 4,446 | 6,477 | |
| 321 | 4,471 | 6,586 | |
| 324 | 4,516 | 6,695 | |
| 327 | 4,597 | 6,804 | |
| 331 | 4,695 | 6,912 | |
| 335 | 4,800 | 7,019 | |
| 343 | 4,897 | 7,127 | |
| 353 | 4,982 | 7,234 | |
| 361 | 5,074 | 7,343 | |
| 366 | 5,159 | 7,452 | |
| 372 | 5,188 | 7,560 | |
| 380 | 5,245 | 7,666 |
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.
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.
New Zealand
- 1870-1939: K. Rankin, "New Zealand's Gross National Product: 1859-1939, Review of Income and Wealth, March 1992, pp. 60-1., 1870 amended to include indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita)
- 1939-50: C. Clark, The Conditions of Economic Progress, third edition, Macmillan, London, 1957, pp. 171-2
No separate list is published for Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.