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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 IcelandRussiaOmanParaguay
277147,2182,3485,366
281146,6002,4035,473
285145,9802,4575,579
288145,3102,5105,683
289144,6522,5625,786
293144,0712,6135,886
296143,5222,6635,984
304143,0532,7136,080
311142,8092,7646,173
319142,7462,8166,264
319142,7892,8716,352
318142,8532,9286,438
319142,9642,9866,522
321143,2053,0476,605
324143,5103,1106,688
327146,0943,1746,769
331146,4103,2406,850
335146,6783,3076,930
343146,8463,3757,012
353146,8343,4447,095
361146,7683,5127,179
366146,4633,5827,263
372145,8493,6517,348
380146,6933,6967,432

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