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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 IcelandRussiaOmanMoldova
277147,2182,3484,244
281146,6002,4034,199
285145,9802,4574,154
288145,3102,5104,108
289144,6522,5624,059
293144,0712,6134,013
296143,5222,6633,966
304143,0532,7133,919
311142,8092,7643,873
319142,7462,8163,829
319142,7892,8713,788
318142,8532,9283,748
319142,9642,9863,709
321143,2053,0473,671
324143,5103,1103,633
327146,0943,1743,595
331146,4103,2403,558
335146,6783,3073,522
343146,8463,3753,485
353146,8343,4443,448
361146,7683,5123,412
366146,4633,5823,376
372145,8493,6513,339
380146,6933,6963,570

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