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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 IcelandRomaniaOmanAlbania
27722,4142,3483,085
28122,2622,4033,065
28522,1062,4573,047
28821,9312,5103,038
28921,8282,5623,026
29321,7042,6133,014
29621,5712,6632,998
30421,4432,7132,979
31121,1292,7642,957
31920,7792,8162,934
31920,6072,8712,915
31820,4852,9282,900
31920,3852,9862,892
32120,2963,0472,888
32420,2243,1102,882
32720,1513,1742,876
33120,0553,2402,868
33519,9383,3072,863
34319,8233,3752,861
35319,7133,4442,854
36119,6223,5122,842
36619,4963,5822,825
37219,3513,6512,799
38019,2663,6962,787

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