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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 IcelandOmanRomaniaDjibouti
2772,34822,414646
2812,40322,262669
2852,45722,106693
2882,51021,931716
2892,56221,828691
2932,61321,704657
2962,66321,571666
3042,71321,443679
3112,76421,129694
3192,81620,779709
3192,87120,607725
3182,92820,485741
3192,98620,385757
3213,04720,296774
3243,11020,224792
3273,17420,151810
3313,24020,055828
3353,30719,938847
3433,37519,823865
3533,44419,713884
3613,51219,622898
3663,58219,496912
3723,65119,351924
3803,69619,266937

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, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.