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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 IcelandRussiaOmanEstonia
277147,2182,3481,378
281146,6002,4031,400
285145,9802,4571,391
288145,3102,5101,382
289144,6522,5621,374
293144,0712,6131,365
296143,5222,6631,357
304143,0532,7131,349
311142,8092,7641,341
319142,7462,8161,337
319142,7892,8711,334
318142,8532,9281,332
319142,9642,9861,328
321143,2053,0471,324
324143,5103,1101,319
327146,0943,1741,314
331146,4103,2401,312
335146,6783,3071,314
343146,8463,3751,314
353146,8343,4441,318
361146,7683,5121,323
366146,4633,5821,327
372145,8493,6511,329
380146,6933,6961,330

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.

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Oman, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.