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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 IcelandRussiaOmanYemen
277147,2182,34816,728
281146,6002,40317,236
285145,9802,45717,762
288145,3102,51018,310
289144,6522,56218,855
293144,0712,61319,410
296143,5222,66320,000
304143,0532,71320,611
311142,8092,76421,236
319142,7462,81621,878
319142,7892,87122,533
318142,8532,92823,195
319142,9642,98623,880
321143,2053,04724,594
324143,5103,11025,311
327146,0943,17426,020
331146,4103,24026,698
335146,6783,30727,347
343146,8463,37527,985
353146,8343,44428,608
361146,7683,51229,216
366146,4633,58229,811
372145,8493,65130,399
380146,6933,69631,058

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