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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandNew ZealandParaguay
2773,8905,366
2813,9125,473
2853,9475,579
2884,0185,683
2894,0945,786
2934,1515,886
2964,1985,984
3044,2486,080
3114,2876,173
3194,3236,264
3194,3706,352
3184,4166,438
3194,4466,522
3214,4716,605
3244,5166,688
3274,5976,769
3314,6956,850
3354,8006,930
3434,8977,012
3534,9827,095
3615,0747,179
3665,1597,263
3725,1887,348
3805,2457,432

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.

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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 Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.