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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 IcelandOmanRomaniaNiger
2772,34822,41410,424
2812,40322,26210,785
2852,45722,10611,170
2882,51021,93111,580
2892,56221,82812,015
2932,61321,70412,472
2962,66321,57112,954
3042,71321,44313,459
3112,76421,12913,986
3192,81620,77914,532
3192,87120,60715,092
3182,92820,48515,669
3192,98620,38516,263
3213,04720,29616,903
3243,11020,22417,569
3273,17420,15118,242
3313,24020,05518,957
3353,30719,93819,708
3433,37519,82320,462
3533,44419,71321,228
3613,51219,62222,023
3663,58219,49622,842
3723,65119,35123,691
3803,69619,26624,587

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