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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 IcelandSudanAustriaMoldova
27726,1688,0394,244
28126,7718,0594,199
28527,3878,0904,154
28828,0178,1304,108
28928,6628,1664,059
29329,3218,2174,013
29629,9968,2743,966
30430,6868,3173,919
31131,3938,3443,873
31932,1378,3703,829
31933,0788,3903,788
31833,8918,4103,748
31934,5688,4383,709
32135,2938,4763,671
32436,0938,5273,633
32737,0588,5943,595
33138,1658,6803,558
33539,2948,7913,522
34340,5128,8473,485
35341,7648,8903,448
36142,9528,9303,412
36644,1218,9693,376
37245,2909,0043,339
38046,4989,1073,570

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.

Austria

  • 1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
  • 1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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