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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 IcelandQatarRomaniaBosnia & Herzegovina
27762722,4143,811
28165922,2623,901
28569122,1063,919
28872421,9313,923
28975721,8283,940
29385021,7043,975
2961,00121,5713,991
3041,15321,4433,993
3111,30621,1293,990
3191,46020,7793,987
3191,61520,6073,985
3181,77020,4853,983
3191,90420,3853,980
3212,01020,2963,977
3242,10320,2243,973
3272,18720,1513,968
3312,26120,0553,963
3352,32619,9383,957
3432,38419,8233,951
3532,43519,7133,944
3612,48019,6223,937
3662,51919,4963,929
3722,55319,3513,921
3802,55919,2663,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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