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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 IcelandPhilippinesRomaniaUnited Arab Emirates
27779,34622,4143,101
28181,13122,2623,284
28583,02322,1063,458
28884,87621,9313,613
28986,69721,8283,754
29388,56821,7043,882
29690,41821,5714,000
30492,25321,4434,532
31194,09821,1295,623
31995,92320,7797,277
31997,62720,6078,164
31899,31720,4858,152
319100,99920,3858,438
321102,61820,2968,747
324104,29920,2249,077
327106,07620,1519,321
331107,86820,0559,461
335109,49319,9389,587
343111,09419,8239,699
353112,84319,7139,796
361114,63619,6229,879
366117,02619,4969,953
372119,47319,35110,018
380121,23419,26610,099

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.

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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 United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.