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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 IcelandOmanRomaniaCyprus
2772,34822,414818
2812,40322,262826
2852,45722,106835
2882,51021,931845
2892,56221,828855
2932,61321,704867
2962,66321,571879
3042,71321,443894
3112,76421,129913
3192,81620,779937
3192,87120,607962
3182,92820,485988
3192,98620,3851,013
3213,04720,2961,029
3243,11020,2241,026
3273,17420,1511,015
3313,24020,0551,009
3353,30719,9381,014
3433,37519,8231,023
3533,44419,7131,036
3613,51219,6221,050
3663,58219,4961,062
3723,65119,3511,072
3803,69619,2661,087

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 Oman, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.