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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 IcelandOmanParaguayAlbania
2772,3485,3663,085
2812,4035,4733,065
2852,4575,5793,047
2882,5105,6833,038
2892,5625,7863,026
2932,6135,8863,014
2962,6635,9842,998
3042,7136,0802,979
3112,7646,1732,957
3192,8166,2642,934
3192,8716,3522,915
3182,9286,4382,900
3192,9866,5222,892
3213,0476,6052,888
3243,1106,6882,882
3273,1746,7692,876
3313,2406,8502,868
3353,3076,9302,863
3433,3757,0122,861
3533,4447,0952,854
3613,5127,1792,842
3663,5827,2632,825
3723,6517,3482,799
3803,6967,4322,787

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.

No separate list is published for Oman, Paraguay, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.