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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandPuerto RicoEcuador
2773,80012,268
2813,81112,446
2853,81912,629
2883,82412,827
2893,82613,074
2933,82713,368
2963,82213,661
3043,80513,915
3113,78314,133
3193,76114,352
3193,74114,569
3183,72214,786
3193,67915,002
3213,63615,218
3243,58915,433
3273,53415,647
3313,47315,860
3353,41116,072
3433,35216,282
3533,29516,489
3613,26816,693
3663,24716,894
3723,23217,093
3803,22817,288

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.

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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.

Ecuador

  • 1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

No separate list is published for Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.